I should call this one a race report, because I pretty much set a PR in practice! Today I was shooting to run a drop down tempo starting at 6:30 then goign to 6:20, 6:15, 6:10, 6:05, and 6:00 for 6 miles, basically picking up the pace as I went. That all went OUT the window after mile 1, I ended up running the negative splits, but ended up doing the 6 miles in 36:01 or 6:00 pace, easily my FASTEST tempo training run ever for that long. Check out my tempo splits: 1- 6:10.0 2- 6:10.3 3- 5:56.3 (18:16 or 6:05 pace) 4- 5:58.9 5- 5:58.9 6- 5:46.6 (last 3 miles- 17:44 or 5:55 pace) As you can tell, I kept my mile splits pretty equal especiall miles 3,4 & 5. My final 4 miles were covered in 23:40 or 5:55 pace evenly. My legs felt tremendous on this run, I wish my half marathon woulda been today because 1:20 would have been shattered. I like this starting slower and speeding it up thing. The temperature was conducive to a good run, 53 degrees, but it was super windy at 20-25 mph. Words cant express how happy I am with this run and what kinda shape it shows Im in!!
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