It was 55 degrees this morning with a couple sprinkles of rain at the start then nothing after that. I was planning some speed work today so I grabbed a small water bottle and headed up Jerome to the top of Satterfield. I ran in to Angela at the top and she was running 1/4 mile repeats so I ran 6 of them with her. 3 down and 3 back up a slight incline. After that I ran over to the other end of Satterfield to do my mile repeats on the downhill section of Satterfield and Pocatello creek. I left my water bottle at the top. I ran down 1 mile fast and then ran back up a mile slow. My fast miles were 5:53, 5:50, 5:45, and 5:44. I was not real excited about the 1 mile run back up the hill but it was OK. My fast runs were comfortably hard and I felt good about the pace. I really need more speedwork like this. I ran a total of 13.46 miles. |