Not too shabby
I went out for a run today after work and it turned out a better than I expected. There is paved loop that circles a field out behind our building that is just over .8 miles long and I ended up running it 3 times and then adding on a few seconds to make the run as close to 2.5 miles as I could get.
I started out running pretty conservative for the first two minutes, and then realized I was annoyed at running slow all the time, so I decided to change it up. I picked up the pace and was pleasantly surprised when I hit the first mile in 8:07. This was the fastest mile I’ve ran in quite some time (and if I hadn’t dawdled during the first two minutes I’m sure it would have been significantly faster). I tried to keep an even effort and hit the second mile in 7:15, and then I put a bit of extra effort into it (but not close to 100%) and ran that last .5 miles at about a 6:52 pace.
I’m definitely not in anything like 5K PR shape, but I also haven’t lost as much conditioning as I feared. The experiment is over though, back to slower running for a while.
Summary: 2.5 miles in 18:50 (7:32 average pace)
October 8th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Nice man. Do be careful though. I know what it’s like to want to put the jets on. Have to keep in mind how bad it sucks to be off.
October 8th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
Yeah, I took it ‘low and slow’ today.