lhermiston
Beer-powered running machine
- Joined
- Feb 6, 2013
Oh man, you guys, THIS WEATHER. 60-some degrees this afternoon when I went out for my run. I was in love. I don't care that it's not going to be this warm again this week or that it's Iowa and that means we've still got another blizzard or two left before spring is truly here. I was just enjoying the heck out of this weather.
Today's workout called for a 2-mile warm up, followed by 5 x 1 mile @ Tempo (8:05/mile) w/1 minute resting intervals, and ending with a 1-mile cool down. I modified things slightly: cut the warm up to 1 mile and just walked during my resting interval so as to not disrupt my ability to track my Tempo times.
My Tempo times were ... not great. I started off with an 8 minute mile, but then hit 7:49 and 7:45 on the next two miles. This particular route is hilly and it's still hard for me to compensate for altitude changes while trying to maintain a pace. I tried to correct my pace and slow down and managed a 8:47 mile. PFFFFFT. Rebounded with an 8:01 final tempo mile, so I bookend-ed the workout with two on-pace miles. The cool down was NBD.
Today's Distance: 7 miles
Avg. Pace: 8:29/mile
Time: 59:27
Today's workout called for a 2-mile warm up, followed by 5 x 1 mile @ Tempo (8:05/mile) w/1 minute resting intervals, and ending with a 1-mile cool down. I modified things slightly: cut the warm up to 1 mile and just walked during my resting interval so as to not disrupt my ability to track my Tempo times.
My Tempo times were ... not great. I started off with an 8 minute mile, but then hit 7:49 and 7:45 on the next two miles. This particular route is hilly and it's still hard for me to compensate for altitude changes while trying to maintain a pace. I tried to correct my pace and slow down and managed a 8:47 mile. PFFFFFT. Rebounded with an 8:01 final tempo mile, so I bookend-ed the workout with two on-pace miles. The cool down was NBD.
Today's Distance: 7 miles
Avg. Pace: 8:29/mile
Time: 59:27