3 x mile repeats at Sugarhouse Park. Here's the summary: Warmup: 1.86 (outer loop) in 16:30 (8:54 pace) Mile 1: 5:51 (155 bpm) 5 min active recovery
Mile 2: 5:41 (178 bpm) 5 min active recovery Mile 3: 5:44 (181 bpm) Cooldown: 1.34 in 11:34 (around 8:30 pace) I never looked at my Garmin to get an idea of pace; instead, I just went by feel. The mile course included two downhills and one uphill on all three repeats. By the final one, I had cracked by the time I reached the top of the hill (on the southwest side of the park) and lost a lot of speed for the next 200 meters or so. While my splits were not outstanding, they were a lot faster than I expected, since this is my first speed work in well over a year. The legs seemed to hold up pretty well, even though they were pretty leaden by the final 400 meters of each repeat. Note to self: don't try to store the key to the car in the rear pocket in the gray Sugoi shorts--there is a hole (confirmed by two attempts during this morning's workout--fortunately I was able to find the key both times and learn from my mistake--eventually).
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