On the training plan today was 5.5 miles to include 2 miles at a 7.35 minute mile pace with a half mile jog in between.
I parked up on the track up to the top barn and set off on a warm up through Rivington and along The Street. As I got to the other end of The Street and turned left, my watch was just coming up to 1.5 miles so it would soon be time to start my first mile at speed. As I turned the corner into Back Lane the watch turned to 1.5 miles so off I went. The very first bit was mildly uphill but I soon started going slightly downhill and then flat for a spell. I managed a 7.20 pace for this first mile so a bit quicker than the training plan had me down for. The half mile jog took me down hill so I was very aware that when I turned around I’d be heading back uphill. I turned around after ¼ of a mile so that I would be starting my next speed mile at the same point as I ended the first one. Jogging back up the hill wasn’t very pleasant when I knew that I had to start running fast again soon. The watch soon showed 3 miles so it was time to up the speed again.
For some reason, I got my turnaround wrong and my second mile ended quite a bit further along than my first mile had begun. I ended up finishing it a short way down The Street but when I had turned the corner into The Street, running hell for leather (well, that's what it felt like anyway), I nearly ran into a white Mercedes which was unexpectedly coming out of the end of The Street. This stopped me in my tracks for a few seconds so I’m a bit gutted that I didn’t run non-stop for that second mile. I did however do it in 7.38 and that was even with the brief stop so I’m pretty pleased with that.
A nice jog now all the way back to the car and yet another good training session completed.
Total distance – 5.5 miles
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