Notes
Since I don’t have a way to tell the pace while I’m running, I pick points throughout the run, get the time, and calculate the paces when I get back. Started the first twenty minutes feeling comfortable at 8:18 pace. The next ten minutes was at 8:06 pace. The three minutes before the real progression pickup was 7:36 (slightly downhill).
So after the 30 minutes of easy pace, I consciously picked it up to what turned out to be 7:23 for the next mile. Stayed a little too consistent because the next .84 miles was 7:18 and the next .85, 7:22. I didn’t realize while doing it, but it was a little too slow. I want to run smart and there are plenty more progression runs to gradually keep getting faster, but I definitely want to see the pace drop more than it did. One down, many to go.