Met Carson at Mack Park, and then I had to take a pit stop at the 7/11. Feeling much better, we then went out to the cemetery do to a workout of 6-8x1000m. Each big cemetery loop is almost 1000m, and I figured I could get the exact distance by adding on a little bit to the loop. After I got home, I checked my start/finish line on gmap, and determined I was a little bit short, more like 985m, which equates to about 3 seconds based on the pace I was running. | Interval | Adjusted Time
| | 1 | 3:07 | | 2 | 3:10 | | 3 | 3:08 | | 4 | 3:06 | | 5 | 3:06 | | 6 | 3:07 |
So I was hitting most of my splits in 3:03-3:05, which equate to 3:06-3:08. I was pretty pumped about being able to run 1000s this fast, this early in the season, definitely a good sign for Saturday. It was a windy day this morning, but it turned out that we had a head wind on most of the downhill portions, and a tailwind for the inclines, so that worked out pretty well. I really like using the cemetery loop for intervals. It seemed to go by faster than on a track, plus it better simulates road conditions, as the loop as both uphills and downhills (but not too steep anywhere), and it is a nice, level blacktop surface with no traffic. I'll definitely keep doing workouts there. I stopped the workout after 6 intervals, since it was my first session of the year, plus I have a race on Saturday. Didn't want to push too hard, and I was definitely feeling it by the end.
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