No pain, no gain ... Mile 21 of the 2007 Cleveland Marathon

Friday, April 23, 2010

25-minute hard tempo run

Last night's workout called for a 1-mile warmup, followed by a hard 25 minutes, then another mile for a cooldown.

I felt great during this workout and my challenging speed workout from Tuesday paid off, I believe.

Here are the splits:

Mile 1 (warmup) 8:14

Mile 2, 6:55; Mile 3, 6:47; Mile 4, 6:49; Mile 4.66 (end of 25 minutes) 4:29 which translates to a 6:49/mile pace. This part of the workout 3.66 miles was done in 25:02, which translates to a 6:50/mile pace!

Mile 5.66 (cooldown) 8:35

Total workout was 5.66 miles (including warmup and cooldown) and was done at a 7:23/mile pace.

Gotta love it!!!

Runners World Quote of the Day:

"We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves...The more restricted our society and work become, the more necessary it will be to find some outlet for this craving for freedom. No one can say, 'You must not run faster than this, or jump higher than that.' The human spirit is indomitable."

Sir Roger Bannister, first runner to run a sub-4 minute mile

Happy running!

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