I ran alone today after work. I didn't get started until 6:00pm and it was getting dark so I did the 1 mile loop around the Motorola campus. It's a nice loop and exactly 1 mile. It has a nice drop of about 60 feet followed by a climb of 60 feet, and about 3/4 miles is very flat. It was a good night to practice my marathon pacing pace (8:24).
Mile | Pace | 1 | 8:00
| 2 | 8:13 | 3 | 8:32 | 4 | 8:26 | 5 | 8:29 | 6 | 8:31 | 7 | 8:13 | 8 | 8:33 |
I averaged 8:23 -- right on average, but my standard deviation is a bit wide. I only looked at my watch after each mile and tried to adjust accordingly. Not bad. I'm really set on trying to hit the 3:40:00 on the button in less than 9 days at Cowtown. Today's food (I'm going to start tracking my intake. It might make me think twice about eating too much unhealthy stuff): Breakfast: 2 bowls of frosted mini wheats w/ 1% milk. 8 oz of OJ Lunch: Fajitas and all the fixin's at Joe T Garcia's in Ft Worth. 2 glasses unsweet iced tea. Dinner: Leftover Rice-A-Roni with chicken added. 1 birthday cupcake with chocolate frosting. A dozen grapes. 2 small chocolate hearts from Valentine's Day. 2 glasses 1% milk. Going to do Pushups now...woohoo.
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