Happy Thanksgiving!
Being Thursday and all, I felt like I needed to get some speed in, and wanted to know what my 5k pace feels like (in the bitter cold, about 17F or so), so did three mile repeats. This workout also happens to be the BYU try-outs workout. Back when I tried out, they had to be run at 6:00, but now its probably more like 5:40 or so, but I'll stick with the 6:00's.
I warmed up for about 3 miles, then hit the Smith's restroom, stretched my quad in the Smith's store (one quad wasn't cooperating with warming up) then ran another .5 and started the workout on 500W in Brigham City. I remembered that street as being pretty flat, but it turns out it is sloped.
1 - 5:53, slightly downhill, was headed for a 5:40 something but started to hold back
.5 mile rest, 4:48
2 - 6:01, was the other direction, so slightly uphill, was headed for a 6:09 at .71 so I must have done about an 85 for the last quarter
.5 mile rest, 5:40, includes time gasping for breathe right after the second mile, feeling like I was going to keel over
3 - 5:58, other direction, but some uphill to start, then downhill, lost concentration in the middle, headed for 6:10 at half way, so had to negative split again.
Overall it was right about a 6:00 effort, and I am pretty pleased because it was so cold, and I had two shirts ear covers, gloves, etc on and no running buddies to help me out. Also, the BYU mile repeats are on the track and in warm weather, and street miles are harder, so I feel like I am in the same shape as in BYU, though training for marathons instead of the 10K.
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