19 miles - 1,540 ft. up and down - 7:14 average I have been contemplating this run ever since Josh, Adam, and I ran our 5k time trial across 11th Ave. and down into Memory Grove. The goal was to run a couple loops in the avenues east on 2nd Ave. to Virginia. North to 11th. West on 11th and down Memory Grove back to 2nd. I wanted to run 2 miles on the first loop at 6:30 starting at the fire station on 11th and ending on the road into Memory Grove. I didn't have a pace goal for the non-tempo miles, just to keep a decent effort but rather easy. I then wanted to see if I could do the same 2 miles a little faster on the second loop on tired legs. The first loop went well and I decided to extend to 2.5 for the tempo. 6:24, 6:27, 3:12 The second loop my legs felt a little heavy going up Virginia but the tempo turned out well. 6:16, 6:12, 3:05 I decided if I was going to test my legs I better go round three. I had to work the second half of the tempo but overall the results are pleasing to me. 6:03, 6:01, 3:01 |