This morning we met at the usual place and then ran over to Zilker park for some 900M repeats. These are more challenging than 800M repeats on the track because the course we run is a little hiller - that, and they’re 100M longer. We were supposed to do them at our goal 10K pace or a little harder, but not work too hard.

I wasn’t feeling too strong on the run over there, even though it was just 1.7 miles at around a 9:30 pace I was noticably breathing. I think its probably a combination of allergies and the fact that this is the first speedwork I’ve really done all year. Anyway. Got to the park, did our drills, and then broke up into teams to do the runs, with an admonition not to go too hard and instructions to do a 90 second jog between each lap.

I had worked out yesterday that a 4:15 time would be about a 7:35 pace, or a 47:15 10K time, which is probably reasonable for me now on a good day. Having figured that out, I proceded to go way too fast right out of the gate and clocked a 3:54 initial time (a 7:00 pace). Next time I tried to go a little slower and did about 4:10 (7:27 pace), then did a 4:00 (7:09) and ended up with a 4:12 (7:31) for my final lap. I left at that point rather than doing my fifth because I had an early meeting to get to.

So. I went faster than I should have done, and I worked harder than I should have done. I’m not sore, but I could probably have worked this better. I did try hard to concentrate on form, particularly my shoulder movement, more so as I neared the end of each lap.

I have 8-10 miles to do on Saturday, a 7 mile progressive run on Monday, and then on Tuesday we’re doing 1 mile repeats at the same (theoretical) 10K pace as today. I’d better start off a little slower next time around!

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