Speed Workout

Before work today I went to the track. My goal -- to see how far I could run at a 9:00 mile pace. Each lap had to be run in under 2:15 for me to go on.

Here's how it went.

Lap 1 2:08
Lap 2 2:05
Lap 3 2:05
Lap 4 2:08
Lap 5 2:12
Lap 6 2:20

Total time 13:00 for 1.5 miles an (8:40 pace). 8:26 for 1 mile.

I suppose I could have tried to keep running as long as I stayed under a 9:00 total pace, but I was clearly tiring. My heart rate was averaging 160 on my last lap.

Overall, though, this gives me great hope to break 28:00 for a 5K this year. Once a week I should do this, with a goal of adding at least another lap each week.

I was running around 9:00 AM in the sun with the temp of 78 degrees.