some good work
Yesterday morning I woke up to a cool, overcast day and met Aaron and Tom for some 1 mile interval work. The plan was to do a couple and then decide on another.
It was an awesome morning for running intervals – not hot and no wind and I had a great time out there especially with all the usual banter that goes on between the three of us.
Aaron and Tom usually like to push the pace to go faster than we plan and yesterday was no exception. The plan was to run 6:45 minute-miles. We headed out and I immediately dropped back because I knew the pace was faster than the plan and whenever that happens I worry about draining the tank for the second, third etc. intervals.
The fellas ran their first interval in 6:30 – in Aaron’s words “the fastest we’ve ever run them”. I ran mine 10 seconds slower which also was a best for me.
The second interval was a bit slower and was run by Aaron and Tom in 6:40 and by me in 6:50.
Tom was on fire yesterday and really wanted to do at least one more interval. Aaron on the other hand is doing the wise thing and healing his knee so he said he was done intervals for the day so he could “live to fight another day” – very wise!
I met Tom in the middle and offered to run one more 800 meter (1/2 mile) interval which we ran exceedingly fast – especially Tom.
Anyway, it was a great morning that made me feel pretty good about my fitness level considering our next marathon is in Edmonton on August 23rd – leaving me with some good training time ahead.
Sunday May 30, 2004 @
Sounds like all of you were playing it smart! Good job Mark, Tom and Aaron!