August 20th, 2008

4 Mile Tempo

Worked 10-2, then practice, then work 6-8. After work went to the parents place to do some laundry and while that was going decided to try my luck at a tempo run on the roads.

Ran 1.26mi warmup nice and easy, then jumped right into the tempo - didn't really have a plan for this, so was hoping to hit around maybe 5:40s? I never looked at splits, so I guess my only plan that I did have was to run on feel and not look at the watch. Everything went fine till that final mile, then I paid the price for not eating much today for breakfast and lunch and working all day long...just ran out of gas. Otherwise I felt pretty good and just rolled along. I ran another 1.61mi easy for my cool down.

5:37, 5:35, 5:32, 5:52 splits

Not bad, but not the best either. I was happy with the first 3 miles...that 4th one was a blemish, but I did avg right where I had hoped at least so that is good, on a pretty hilly course too. :)