Ran 2.5 miles this morning with the basketball team. Actually got the girls out on the road at 6:00 am in the dark and did a few miles. I had a great workout this evening! To start things Steve got in the Asics Gel-Ohana Racers that everyone in the club is going to be racing in. So I decided I would take them for a spin and do some 800m repeats. I did 2.5 miles warmup over to Hurricane High School from my house. I felt fast the minute I put the shoes on first mile over was in 7:05 with some uphill out of La Verkin, second mile was 6:58, then another half mile easy. I decided to run 6 x 800m to see where I was at the goal was to be around at least 2:45, and then take 3:00 minute recovery between each 800. 1- 2:42 felt good, Cross Creek Private School had a few kids working out on the track, so I had to keep dodging people in the first lane and kids hanging out at the finish line. (Jammin' to AC/DC on the ipod)
2- 2:43- a bit slower, focusing more on working my Garmin than on running.
3-2:41- Just put the watch back to something simple I could understand. 4-2:40- Feeling good 5-2:36- Decided to push a little harder to see how it felt. 6-2:35- Didn't think it would happpen, but I brought it on the last one. Must have been listening to a particular song that really got me pumped up. After the workout I went in to the high school and watched the freshman boys basketball game for about an hour. After the game I still had to run home, by now the sun had gone done and it was a little colder so I picked up the pace so I could get home faster. First mile 7:34 slight uphill, second mile 6:37 some downhill. Overall, very pleased with the 800s and where I'm at with those this early in the season. The goal now will be to try to run an entire workout in the 2:35-2:40 range.
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