Notes
Today's goal was to do some speedwork.
I am going to go out on a limb and consider this a Fartlek. I was mixing in some sprints and being playful. I would say to myself, "sprint to that tree up ahead" or "fast to the end of this block", etc. Stuff like that. On the first mile, I wanted my mile to be under 9 minutes, and I wanted my rest/recovery pace to be quite high too...basically, I wanted to see what I could do, so I am pleased with 8:19.
In fact, that may be my fastest mile since I was a kid! I think I went 8:30 on the opening mile of the Steeplechase with Pete pacing me, and that was killer...this was just training.
The second mile was more sprints mixed with rest, but I backed off on my rest pace after my sweet first mile.