Slow night at work tonight so I hopped on the track for some speed work. I wasn't really sure exactly what I was going to do. I had planned on doing a couple mile warm up followed by a short tempo run with the last mile really hammered out. I jumped on and as I crossed the first mile of my warm up I saw I was in at 7:15 and decided I do some 2 mile repeats and considered myself 1/2 way through the 1st. Usually my body takes longer to warm up to pace, but things felt good. Did a 1/2 mile jogging rest interval between each repeat and a 1 mile cool down. The goal was negative split repeats. I did pull out of the last one with 1/2 a mile to go because the pace felt fast and I'm fighting a cold that's trying to get a foothold. As of yet its just a tickle in my throat, but at the 1.5 mile mark of the last repeat I thought it would be a good idea given the pace not to put too much stress on my lungs. I am, after all, supposed to be in my 2 week marathon taper. The following were the splits for my 2 mile repeats.
1st one -- 14:00 [7:15, 6:45(Ave Pace 7:00)]
2nd one -- 12:27 [6:17, 6:10 (Ave Pace 6:13)]
3rd one (2400m) -- 8:51 [5:53, 2:58 (Ave Pace 5:55)]
(Acics Gel Speedstar 2 -- 46.35) | 