Pacing

3 1-mile intervals
9:10
9:20
9:08

Ran with the 10/10:30 group today. Was a great workout! I miss just running. Don’t have to plan a route or set the pace. I just have to keep up. Which isn’t always easy, but I just do NOT work that hard when Im on my own.

Lesson for today was pacing. The idea being that if you want to run 3 miles at a 10 minute pace, you won’t run each mile in 10 minutes. But the average will equal 10 minutes. Because you will run slower uphill.

Typically, I can maintain my same pace while running uphill. Then I tend to use the downhill as a recovery and go a bit slower. I have said before how I LOVE passing people going uphill and people who sprint downhill really annoy me. This is, apparently, bass-ackwards from what I should be doing.

But, if I start slowing down when I go uphill, Im afraid I will crap out altogether and have to walk. Which is just not acceptable.

So..I will be a rebel and go against the grain on this one. Or maybe I will be a convert by the end of the session. Stay tuned.