Track Pyramid in the Rain

RUN 10 miles in 1:27

Pyramid workout:
 Interval Pace Ave HR


400 6:48 134bpm
800 7:13 142
1200 6:53 150
1600 7:40 153 (few minutes rest here as I said hasta to IT)
1600 7:01 151
1200 7:40 145
800 7:51 148
400 7:48 147

The original plan was just the 400-800-1200-800-400 pyramid, but you know me--I had to add to it under the idea of "I race long distances". But at the halfway point I realized this was better filed under the "lotsa of planning, but little thinking" heading. Because at the halfway point I was approaching 5 miles!!

I woke up to light rain, and the forecast showed a green blob of rain moving in from the east. Yes, the east. It was like watching the weather radar in reverse. Regardless of rain, I was running. Besides, it was only 68F out! In July!

DK and IT joined, not for the full distance but for most of it. DK ran with me through the first half of the first mile--great conversation and a great pace! I missed him for the rest of the workout. After seeing the sprinklers kick in at the track, we got to talking about water conservation methods. You might think that's boring and perhaps in any other setting it could be. But not not here--the distraction was great! Yet at the same time, he won't be there in a race to keep my mind going, and that's what I worked on in the last sets--mental focus.

It's interesting to see how pace and HR do or don't change after a rest interval. But I'm not sure what to make of it.