Notes
5 x Harder Hill Efforts up Park South (fr Park)
70 deg / 88% H [66 DP]. It was steady rain for the first three & then a lighter rain (which I hated because this would loosen the taping of my right foot which would mean less support). Ran the odds fr Northampton Rd up (abt 320m) and ran the evens fr bottom of Park So (abt 1/4 mi). Did not want to run these "too hard" because that would take a toll on my right foot, so focused on steady effort w/a strong finish & good form. First three was a steady pace (& my actual pace confirms this!) & w/the wet conditions the road felt slippery in spots. On #3 I could feel the taping in my right foot "go loose"! I purposely ran #4 a little harder than the first three. And then committed to running #5 harder (but again not "too hard")...but pushed the last 80m (right around 6:00 pace). I could feel the very high humidity & high dew point take something out of me on this (& possibly the soaking wet shoes). Accurate splits below:
# Time Dist Pace Best Pace
1 01:28.3 0.19 7:43 7:15
2 01:54.6 0.24 7:49 7:22
3 01:28.5 0.19 7:44 7:20
4 01:48.1 0.24 7:28 6:55
5 01:19.7 0.19 7:03 6:01