2-MILE REPEATS
I met up with the guys (Ken, Ben, Jason, and Bret) at the Riverdale Parkway to do a workout. It was substantially colder this morning than it's been since maybe April? I warmed up with arm sleeves and I wore gloves for the whole run. The plan was to do 3x2-miles in a progressive manner. The plan was to run the second mile in each rep five seconds faster than the first miles, and to run the next rep ten seconds faster than the previous one. I don't know if it was the cold, running against the flow of the river (so slight uphill UPDATE: I looked up the elevation and you gain 35 feet over this 2-mile stretch, so reps 1 and 3 slight up and rep 2 down), or the fact that I wore trainers instead of flats, but that first rep was slow and it felt hard. Luckily I got going a lot better on the second and third reps.
Splits:
#1 - Plan was 5:10/5:05 for 10:15; Actual 5:15/5:08 for 10:23
#2 - Plan 5:05/5:00 for 10:05; Actual 5:01/4:59 for 10:01
#3 - Plan 5:00/4:55 or faster for 9:55 or faster; Actual 4:57/4:53 for 9:51
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