The statistical rundown:
- Intervals: 6 x 800 meters
- Goal pace: 7:19-7:39 per mile
- Lap 1: 3:39.62 (7:21 per mile)
- Lap 2: 3:50.17 (7:43 per mile) FAIL
- Lap 3: 3:44.29 (7:31 per mile)
- Lap 4: 3:46.88 (7:35 per mile)
- Lap 5: 3:52.93 (7:47 per mile) FAIL
- Lap 6: 3:43.17 (7:29 per mile)
- Average pace: 7:35 per mile
- Total distance: 6.2 miles
Sunday's long run was sluggish. I loped along slowly at 10:28 per mile for the first five miles, thinking I would pick it up on the return trip. Only when I turned around did I discover I'd been running with a tailwind. I ran slowly back, but with a stronger effort, averaging a 10:25 pace for the entire 10 miles.
Congrats to all the Booze Hound finishers of the Cleveland Marathon and to Sarah who BQ'd. It was a perfect day to race, which figures since I didn't run and it rained the last two times I did. But I'm not bitter.
9 comments:
I have a serious, but potentially stupid question for you. How do you track all your 800m times if you don't have a Garmin? Does your sports watch have a special feature or something?
I hate when you think "oh, I'll just pick up the pace when I turn around..." and then BAM, headwind time. Worst. But good for you, finishing strong and all that.
I love the smell of FAIL in the morning.
Thanks for capping the weekend in failure. It makes me feel better about my fails. I knew there was a reason I read this blog.
Don't worry, though. I'm sure you'll get suddenly faster in the next week.
Just do some short interval sessions this week and you'll have a finely tuned weapon for this challenge.
See, I think what your training plan needs is a little grade inflation-- if those were my 800s, I woulda given myself a friendly green A+ and a gold star.
It's always possible to magically get faster all of sudden. It's also possible that unicorns exist.
Aw, thanks for the props. :) Maybe I'll see you at the Akron Marathon in September...?
The FAILs sure do make me smile. Thank you! However, I'm a little concerned that there are fewer of them this time than the last. I hope this isn't a trend.
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