I ran the Providence - Millville loop today hitting all the hills. I started out at about 7:00 pace and then pushed up the 200E hill thru the neighborhoods to canyon road. I was pretty tired as a result of pushing so hard. Once I hit the top, I jumped into a fartlek. 3 min hard 1 easy. I was shooting for 6:00 pace as if it were flat. Some of the sections had some good downhill, so those sections were faster. During the second fast section, I caught up to a guy running at about 7:00 pace. I had seen him before running in Providence. I asked if he wanted to join me and he did. His name is Mark Jorgensen and he claimed a 3:10 marathon PR. I looked him up on Athlinks (3:10:41 @ TOU in 02). He is training for Ogden. I think he could break 3 hours. He kept up with me for 3 miles or so before he had to go home. It was nice to have some random company. I invited him to join us for our long run saturday and he said he would. After he left, I did 1 more fast 3 mins and died. I coudln't keep the pace on the slight uphill I was on. I decided I was done at that point and went home.
#1 .53 mi in 3:01 (5:43 pace)
#2 .52 mi in 3:04 (5:54 pace)
#3 .58 mi in 3:14 (5:37 pace) good downhill here, and got talking and forgot about the time.
#4 .52 mi in 3:00 (5:46 pace) Mark's last one
#5 .47 mi in 3:00 (6:30 pace)
I ran the rest of the way home at about 7:00 pace. I was wiped. Looking forward to an easy day tomorrow.
Total Time: 1:16:31 (6:53)
Ave HR: 164 Max HR: 181 | 