[larrymcg421]

Thursday, August 18th, 2011

In my last workout before my next 5K, I decided to focus on some pacing training. There is a lake behind my apartment that is just under .6 miles long. The goal was to do 5 laps and do each lap faster than the previous.

Raw data:

Distance: 2.94mi
Time: 00:27:40
Pace: 9:25min/mi
Speed: 6.38mi/h

Splits:

Lap 1 - 5:50
Lap 2 - 5:30
Lap 3 - 5:25
Lap 4 - 5:35
Lap 5 - 5:20

It didn't quite completely work out. I did do my 4th lap pretty slow, but was able to put together a really good 5th lap. I did manage a consistent pace, but the overall pace is certainly slower than I wanted. Once again my legs felt pretty tired early on in the run, which is a bit concerning with my 5K coming up.