I did my first mile-repeats workout. I really had no idea how to do it correctly, so I decided to shoot for 7:40 per mile, 20 seconds added on to two 3:40 half miles (I know I can do repeated 800s at 3:40). After doing a couple miles to warm up, I did the first mile in 7:10 (too fast), the second mile in 7:08 (didn't need to compensate for slowing down as much as I thought I did), the third mile in 7:41 (yikes, didn't compensate enough), fourth mile in 7:25 (pretty much emptied my tank). I did a 400m jog between each mile and a few more easy miles after the track workout.
Though the miles were all over the place in time, I'm happy with the workout. I know I can still after all these years run a sub-7-minute mile. And I know that my 5K pace is probably close to 7 minute miles. Yippee. But the big question still is what will my marathon pace be????? |