Well...

After all that Rocky-style hullabaloo about running through mud and spitting cinders everywhere I did Thursday's track work on a track that was constructed post-Roger Bannister. Actually, it was pretty nice. Modern surface, 400m and all that.

Speaking of which, here in the US, we have such a curious marriage in running (and swimming I guess) of metric and standard. We do 300 meter or 800 meter repeats, but we are constantly computing the minutes/mile in our heads. When we run a 5000, we never take K splits. 1600m? 1 mile? 3.1? 26.2?

Anyway, if you don't like the numbers (and you know who you are), you can stop reading now.

Easy 3-5K pace workout last night: Windy. Split times ranged 56-59, HR consistent across them all. Just tried to be smooth and comfortable at that pace. This is the first time I've ever done any race pace reps this early in the year. But the intervals were short and the recoveries long, so it was really about efficiency.

w/u - 17:30, 1.9 mi, HR avg 121
1 - 0:59 HR (154/166)
R - 2:56 HR (139/167)
2 - 0:56 (158/173)
R - 3:00 (142/174)
3 - 0:57 (161/175)
R - 2:58 (143/176)
4 - 0:57 (162/177)
R - 3:02 (143/178)
5 - 0:58 (161/176)
R - 3:08 (142/178)
6 - 0:57 (158/176)
R - 3:02 (142/176)
7 - 0:59 (161/175)
R - 3:08 (142/176)
8 - 0:57 (163/177)
R - 3:04 (143/178)
9 - 0:58 (162/177)
R - 3:02 (144/178)
10 - 0:58 (163/178)
c/d 15 minutes, 1.5 miles

Wednesday was 7 easy.