As promised yesterday, I did do some 800's today. It has been quite a long time since I have done those (last spring) and even quite some time since I have been to a track (Nov. for 1600's). It was colder out this morning than yesterday (about 41° today) but not as windy as yesterday. I woke up a little bit earlier than usual to make sure I was done before school started. Did a little bit of usual warm up inside the Y, then headed outside for a little over 2 easy miles ending up at the HS track next door to the Y. The first lap of the first 800 felt really good, almost easy. Next lap felt harder but overall not too bad. Second 800 felt much harder and I began questioning myself as to whether I could do these or not. Third and fourth did not get any worse, fifth one felt a little bit better. I was feeling much more confident for the sixth one. Since I was on the verge of doubting myself until the last one, I think that means I was putting out a good effort. Here are the splits: 3:03, 3:02, 3:01, 3:02, 3:00, 2:57 Times might be off slightly as it was difficult to hit the stop button exactly when I crossed the line but they are probably not more than a second off. The Garmin pace on the track is not very accurate, but it is somewhat helpful to keep on pace with if you have a rough idea of how far it is off. However, it was a great confidence booster to see the pace as 5:xx for most of the time while doing the repeats.
I jogged 400's between the 800's, then after I was done cooled down for almost 2 miles.
Average pace: 8:39
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