Great run, I always seem to surprise myself with improved speed after taking some easy/rest days! Obviosly the improved speed comes from the higher mileage I have been running, but it never seems to kick in until I take some rest/recovery. I tried the virtual partner on my Garmin for the first time tonight, and I really liked it, as with a quick glance of the watch I could see if I was gaining or losing on my target pace, but I never knew what pace I was averaging or how far I had gone ... so as a result I ran more on feel & did less analysis while actually running. I set the work out for 9 miles @ 7:00/mi pace, but as I was running comfortably and my lead gradually was increasing on my virtual partner, I decided to try to get up to a 0.2 mi lead on the virtual partner by the time it reached 6 miles, as that would mean I was running a 42 minute 10k. I achieved this without pushing too hard, so increased the pace progressively for Mile 7 & 8, and then did a mile cool down. My overall avg pace for 8 miles ended up being 6:38, which I was pretty pleased with since my 10k PR is 41:35 @ a 6:37 pace ... and I definitely was not racing! Also, this run was on grass around the soccer fields in my trail shoes, not quite the same rebound as racing flats on pavement.
| 1 | 06:53 | 1.00 | 06:53 | | 2 | 06:47 | 1.00 | 06:47 | | 3 | 06:46 | 1.00 | 06:46 | | 4 | 06:45 | 1.00 | 06:45 | | 5 | 06:39 | 1.00 | 06:39 | | 6 | 06:40 | 1.00 | 06:40 | | 7 | 06:32 | 1.00 | 06:32 | | 8 | 06:02 | 1.00 | 06:02 |
| 