COMMUTE 6 miles
I woke up to rain, wonderful rain. And fo' sho' I was gonna run in it.
The plan was 6-8 800's. According to the pace chart, my recent HM time aligned with the 3:49 time for the 800. If I was a more prepared or anal person, I'd look up a recent entry with 800's and see how I did. If...
I waited for the heaviest of the rain to pass before leaving. I didn't expect many to join me, so being late wasn't a big deal. In the end, only BE stopped by for a few laps. Otherwise I was entirely alone.
Me and the rain. I loved it.
The data is interesting. I included all metrics so I couldn't fool myself into thinking the Garmin mis-measured the track in one direction (first 4 intervals c-clockwise, last 4 clockwise).
| Interval | Time | Pace | Distance | Ave HR |
| 1 | 3:40 | 6:37 | 0.55 | 153 |
| 2 | 3:42 | 6:41 | 0.55 | 155 |
| 3 | 3:36 | 6:24 | 0.56 | 159 |
| 4 | 3:40 | 6:38 | 0.55 | 147 |
| 5 | 3:56 | 7:57 | 0.5 | 142 |
| 6 | 3:51 | 7:51 | 0.59 | 150 |
| 7 | 3:50 | 7:38 | 0.5 | 152 |
| 8 | 3:50 | 7:40 | 0.5 | 152 |
The rest intervals were long and full. BE and I ran intervals 3 & 4 together but talked a lot too about gait analysis and band competitions. :) The conversations make the time fly, after he left I was less motivated to go fast, but no closer to quitting. In fact, I went for the full eight intervals instead of just 6.
If my goal was 3:49, then I nailed it. But the first 4 intervals (after which I had a long rest) show that I can do 3:39 instead of 3:49!
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