This was the first day of my current training session that a bit of threshold work was incorporated. I began with a three mile warm up, then did 4x1mile at threshold pace (my coaches goal was 5:32 pace). My splits were as follows: 4:50, 5:25, 5:31, 5:30. The first mile was way too fast. I think this is because I have not done anything fast in quite a while, so everything sort of subconsciously "poured out". The next mile was closer to goal pace, but still a bit fast. On miles three and four, I really came close to the target pace. It was also about 90 degrees out, which made things a bit tougher. Before doing a three mile cooldown, I did 8x150 meter strides. In all, this was a good workout. At least now I know I have not really lost any speed since BB10k. My pain threshold is a bit lower, but nothing a 5k or two can't fix. | 