The time for today's 2-mile paced run was 14:31 (7:11, 7:20). The pace was quite a smooth 7:20 except for the first lap which was 8 seconds ahead of 7:20 pace and the second lap which was 1 second ahead of 7:20 pace. That first lap was probably the result of running 220s the other day. I think this is not too bad for January. Hard to say how it compares to this summer when I ran about 10:30 for 1.5 miles. I'm sure Mark will have something to say.
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I like seeing improvement, so going from 14:42 to 14:31 in a week or so is good. Be cautious on the track. We don't want you getting injured again! The fact that 14:31 felt fairly easy is a good sign. I am somewhat avoiding speed for a while, and working on building up a weekly long run. I did 7.5 miles last Saturday (1 hour and 1 minute). Once per week, I'll do either fartleks, or maybe a 1.5 to 2 mile tempo run in the middle of a 4 or 5-miler, just so I don't forget there are other speeds than slow. Tonight I ran 5 miles, but did not wear a watch. However, I felt good, and kept running faster and faster, until the last mile, when I felt like I was in the low 7s pace, but still not winded. As Forrest Gump said "I was runnninnnggg!!"
I am curious to see you go out and run a hard time trial, where you don't feel comfortable the whole way. Most of my mile time trials were relatively uncomfortable, especially the last quarter.
I would also like to see some blogging comments from others.......I keep getting the feeling that most of these blogs are a conversation between Eric and me........
I was told by an industry expert in online marketing that blogging can feel like speaking to an empty room. But, he said, if one keeps on blogging, eventually people will show up and listen. However, the premise that people will show up is based on the fact that there is something be blogged about that is of interest. In the case of this blog, there aren't many of us that care. So, while the room isn't empty, it is unlikely to ever get very full.
On the otherhand, it is no worse than email, and, we have the advantage of an easy-to-follow record of our communication stream.
Plus, there is another advantage--this is being looked at by Google's indexing engine and can therefore be "Googled". For example, go to Google and query on "eric's running". This blog appears!
If Mark would come to Charlottesville for a visit, then there would be a time trial. Running all-out for a mile is more than I can handle on my own.
I owe my sub 6:04 mile run in October 2005 to be able to follow Mark as he did the perfect job pacing me for a sub-6 mile. All I had to do was keep and I would have broken 6.
I hope to make it to Charlottesville for my Buckingham County job this spring. I think you're right that running a mile time trial on the track by yourself is very tough. That may be why I had so much trouble reducing my mile times this year, until the very end.
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