6 PM
Running warm up/down 2:25 [2] 0.28 mi (8:37 / mi)
rhr:47 shoes: New Balance 990v4
PARC track warmup (little over 1 lap)
Running race 5:27 [4] 1.0 mi (5:27 / mi)
rhr:47 shoes: Nike Rival M8
Put on the track spikes for this one. PARC's quarterly mile time trial. I had no idea this was what the workout would be but it got me excited--a chance to move the ball forward on my 2018 mile time goal.
Result was good--my mile improved from 5:45 three weeks ago to 5:27 tonight. It sure helps to be running around some very fast people and friends!
Running 1:42 [4] 0.23 mi (7:24 / mi)
ahr:168 max:185 rhr:47 shoes: Nike Rival M8
Jogged most of a lap after the mile trial and before the 200m repeats
7 PM
Running intervals 4:33 [4] 1.0 mi (4:33 / mi)
rhr:47 shoes: New Balance 990v4
This is NOT a 4:33 mile. This is a summary/compilation post of my 8x200m repeats as part of the PARC interval workout--this is much easier than making a separate entry for each one. I changed out of my spikes back to my normal road shoes for these.
1: 36
2: 34
3: 35
4: 31
5: 37
6: 35
7: 36
8: 33
Met a runner, Ernesto, on PARC who is faster than me just enough to help pull me along on the early legs. On #4, I let out a couple guttural yells which pumped me up & sped my legs up waay past what I'm used to (might have also amused some PARCers)--this was the only leg that I came in first on. After that it took a couple legs to rebalance, given the limited (45 sec) recovery time between legs. Much more exhausting than a just running a mile straight through!
Running warm up/down 16:14 [2] 2.0 mi (8:07 / mi)
ahr:138 max:147 rhr:47 shoes: New Balance 990v4
Group cool down on paved paths.
Paces:
1: 8:29
2: 7:42
Running warm up/down 1:52 [4] 0.26 mi (7:11 / mi)
ahr:164 max:179 rhr:47 shoes: New Balance 990v4
Personal cool down incorporating chasing the fastest PARCer to his car to say bye, then back to the track to chat with more fast people--Tori and my new friends Lydia and Ernesto.
Lot of entries today!