Interval time tonight. Turned out I ran them at 10K pace or better, which is a little faster than I intended. However, I had teh good sense to listen to my GI tract and cut off the last planned rep-plus, which probably kept me from being REALLY sore tomorrow (we'll see if that's wishful thinking).
Warmed up for 2, stretched a bit, then took off. First rep turned out to be 7:12 pace for one loop of the park (.79 miles). As usual for my nighttime tempo runs, it's too hard to track my pace on the Garmin, so I don't. Jogged for three minutes or so, then another rep: 7:15 pace. Another 3-minute jog, than rep 3: 7:15 again. Three more minutes, then rep 4: 7:14 until the bear intervened. Quickly determined the bear was not going away quickly and scrubbed the rest of the reps. I was able to finish the run at a slower pace, ending up with 8.34. If I'd done all five planned reps, it woulda been 9-ish. Good run, though, even with the bear. | 