18 December 2014

Today’s run started out to be an easy pace run–1 mile WU + 3 mile Easy Pace–but, it turned into a Medium Pace Run.

Endurance Running – Base Building, Week 5 of 13 Weeks, Day 3 of 4 Days

Actually, during the today’s training, I wasn’t paying attention to my pace at all; I was, simply, enjoying the run. Yes, I did notice when I had completed the 3 miles of today’s scheduled training; but, I was feeling great and decided to just keep running. However, I came to the point on the roadway where I could take one or the other fork in the road–both forks lead to 10+% grade hills that are about 1/2 mile to the crest–so, I came to my senses and returned home!

After I returned home and uploaded the data from my Garmin FR620 (GPS Watch), I was amazed to find that as the run progressed (after the mile that included the steep hill) my pace actually improved! [Note that my fourth training mile (mile five of the run) was a record of running down the steep hill–which is much easier than running up the steep hill–and is excluded from my analysis.]

Happy running!