I was not looking forward to today's workout and it didn't dissapoint. I ran a Young Ward loop via the Landfill. I started out with a 7:01 mile then did a mini 2 mile tempo (6:25, 6:28) then jumped right into some 1000m repeats.
I only approximated the 1000 meters as I didn't set the Garmin to metric beforehand. I did 6x1000meters @ goal pace of 5:55 mi with 2-min recovery in-between. I know I could have gotten by on less recovery, but I wanted to try and hit my times and not crap-out. I went:
.63mi in 3:44 (5:56)
.62mi in 3:43 (5:57)
.63mi in 3:46 (6:01)
.63mi in 3:44 (5:56)
.63mi in 3:43 (5:56)
.62mi in 3:42 (5:55)
After the last repeat, I ran an easy mile in 7:43 to recover then tried to stay below 7:00 miles the rest of the way home (6:57, 7:00, 6:55, 6:45 pace (.5 mile)). I was wiped when I got home, but I was glad that was able to get pretty close to my goal pace.
Total Time: 1:24:52 (6:47ave)
Ave HR: 163 | 