* Disclaimer* Paces listed below are off my garmin, although I ran on a track ... and my watch records a 1/4 mile on track at a little less than 1 lap ... which means the paces are probably 15 seconds faster than I was actually running ... in other words, my total time for 4 miles is more like for 15 laps than 16 & change ... my guess is that it is recording my pace approximately 15-20 seconds faster per mile than I am actually running! But for the benefit of my ego ... I am recording the mile times my watch gave me, even if they were short of a mile ... cuz that is all I have to work with! Regardless, I am very pleased with my workout ... I did not even have faster miles in mind when I started, but when the faster pace feels easy, you just have to roll with it ... I really never felt like I was pushing the pace ... this is by far the most comfortable I have felt at these paces, even if you add the 15-20 seconds per mile. 1st 4: 7:02, 6:47, 6:44, 6:37 (6:47 ap)
As I hit the 4 mile mark, I figured I better back off or I would not get the miles I was hoping for ... not too mention I was at Alex's soccer tryouts, so if I finished up early, there was going to be lots of standing around. Took a brief break to grab some gatorade & started back up, thinking I would just run easy. 2nd 4: 7:30, 7:16, 6:52, 6:26 (7:02 ap)
So much for slowing down, my pace creeped right back up there, with my last mile being my fastest. I then did a 2 mile cooldown around an 8:00 pace. Realistically, my 8 faster miles probably averaged around 7:10 pace ... I'll take it & consider today one of my hard workouts for the week ... but I felt pretty comfortable ... Yea
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