Another tough track workout
As usual, the track workout was tough. However, as a teaser to what is coming, the weather was beautiful this morning. It was clear and in the low 60s. Awesome.
Unfortunately, even with the cooler temperatures, I missed all of my splits in my 5x1000 workout. The target was 5k pace minus 27 seconds, so somewhere around a 6:16 pace for me. Here are my splits and heartrate at the end of each interval:
1000 -- 4:03 167 (missed by 8 seconds)
1000 -- 4:00 172 (missed by 5 seconds)
1000 -- 4:04 172 (missed by 9 seconds)
1000 -- 4:03 173 (missed by 8 seconds)
1000 -- 3:58 175 (missed by 3 seconds)
Missed splits aside, when looking back at my training for last year, I am well ahead. About a month ahead.
Last year on this day I did 6x800 (4800m) in an aggregate time of 20:11. The aggregate for today's 5000m was 20:08. Sweet!
Caveat: Not sure what the weather was like last year, maybe it was warmer.
Next week is 3x1600 at 5k minus 15 seconds. Hopefully the weather will be nice.