track workout

Today I went to the Cambridge Running Club track workout for the first time in ages. It felt good to be back!

The workout:

Everyone:
15-25:00 warm-up; drills; 4x100 meter strides

A1 4x2000@ 10k pace; recovery is 50-90% of the time it took to do the previous interval
A2 3x2000 @ 10k pace; recovery is the same as above

I got there late because of traffic so I skipped the warmup, drills and strides. My usual running partner was not there so I decided to go for 9:00 mile pace on the A2 workout.

My results:

1) 2:08.53, 2:05.83, 2:05.80, 2:07.50, 1:57.71, total = 10:25.98, pace = 8:20.8

2) 2:09.11, 2:02.11, 2:01.74, 1:57.50, 1:51.94, total = 10:02.86, pace = 8:02.3

3) 2:00.27, 1:57.34, 1:56.12, 1:55.58, 1:46.69, total = 9:36, average = 7:40.8

I am proud of myself--I did a lot better than 9:00 mile pace today! I think I got in 5K pace mode by mistake though. I'm looking forward to next week.