MILE REPEATS
I met up with Ken at the base pond early this morning for some mile repeats. The plan was to keep the rest time short, we settled on 75 seconds. We looped the pond for the repeats. The first half is rolling hills (for those who have run Thanksgiving Point Half, think the golf course section of that race) and the second half coming back is flat but into the wind. So, I think today's intervals were about 5 seconds slower than a flat mile.
We had a hard time getting going on the first one, but after that I settled into pace. Ken just simply didn't have it today (we all have those bad days) and so I was on my own after the first one.
Splits: 5:09 5:02 4:57 5:02 5:02 5:00 (5:02 average)
Afterward I was telling Ken how these sounded a lot easier than they actually were. It was a tough workout with the hills and wind, but I am pretty happy with it. |