Notes
Felt good. Did this on the treadmill to give myself a shot and make sure I had a "rabbit." Won't always do this this way, as I should only be doing a couple time trials per year to begin with. But it was very good for making sure I was smooth with the pace and could cut down over the course of the run, making sure I went easy early and felt good throughout. Much better than either Balloon Fest or the aborted attempt I made this past weekend. Was going 6:27 pace at the end for about the last half mile, 6:40 for the first part.
All said, a 34 second drop in time from Balloon Fest and probably could have cracked 20 minutes in a race situation. So I have dropped a minute in a matter of 7 or so weeks. Improvement from here on out will be slower, but I will hope to be cracking 19 minutes sometime this fall and then be in mid-17 minute shape by next spring. That will put me in an excellent position to be running good HM times again—and put me back in reach of old times, as it won't be a far stretch from there to cracking 17 minutes and beyond. Can't wait to be doing that again.