Took advantage of school being out to do some speedwork at the track early this morning. Planned for 5x1200 meters, with 90 seconds recovery walk/jog between each. Pace was planned for 6:01 mins/mile, which turns out to be 4:29 for 1200m (or just under 90s/lap).
Warmed up for a couple miles and then set off....
#1 - 4:33 - first lap was slow, next 2 were OK - mHR 160
#2 - 4:29 - spot on - mHR 168
#3 - 4:29 - spot on - mHR 168
#4 - 4:31 - struggling in lap 3 - mHR 169
#5 - 4:33 - struggling in lap 2 - mHR 170
Pretty good overall. I feel a little bit of speed finally creeping into my legs, but running at this pace still seems really fast to me.
Rest of the week has been pretty steady. Mon, Wed and Thur were all about 7:45 pace at 10, 6 and 7 miles. Tuesday was 3 miles at tempo (6:30) and 6 overall. 10-12 planned for Saturday and a 20 miler Sunday.
Coincidentally, today's 1200m repeats were almost exactly the pace for my "not-going-to-happen-but-let's-go-for-it-anyway-2:37-marathon" goal. I am 100% certain than 26.2 miles at that pace is a long, long, long way away for me.
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