Tuesday, 3 June 2014

1 mile time trial

  It was 4 weeks ago I started my current  streak. 4 weeks  can you believe it. Back then  I ran a mile  in 9:57. Not on a track just on the  road. Not the actual road mind but the  footpath, so a bit undulating. But all good. While a  track would  be  better you make  do with what you have and as long as you repeat  the process (to compare) in the  same  place you can judge progress

Last  time  I hadn't worked the previous night so was what you might call rested. I hadn't planned on doing one today  I had planned on short runs  probably streaksavers (1 mile) So today I thought i'll do a time  trial and  the rest of the week I can do short easy runs

So off I went. Walked up the mighty hill and started along a flattish part, slightly undulating  but with a bit of an  incline in the 3rd quarter.
Set my Garmin to 4 quarter miles so I get an idea how I do on each quarter. Last months splits in brackets

2:21 (2:26)
2:19 (2:33)
2:31 (2:30) the big up bit
2:25 (2:29)

9:36 today so 21 seconds improvement  despite a night  shift Will see how I do in another 4 weeks time

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