A Great Start to June

I've managed 3 runs since my last post: A pretty weak 4.5 mile 'mileage' run on last Wedneday, a fun interval run last Thursday and a very nice 6 miles today which included a 6:11 mile interval. The 'mileage' run was at an astoundingly pokey 8:24 pace - so I will speak of it no more. The interval ladder was fun: 200, 400, 600, 800, 600, 400, 200. The corresponding paces: 6:00, 6:19, 6:25, 6:35, 6:17, 6:22, 6:17. The 1/2 mile was difficult and I was a little worried, until today.

Today I went out with Larry and Dave from work and did the first 3.5 miles at an easy 7:50, then blistered the next mile at a 6:11 pace. I've never run a mile this fast before - so I'm really thrilled with that - although part of me wonders if the GPS goofed-up. I was hoping to run the track mile around 6:20 (with 6:00 as my 'stretch goal') - so running 6:11 in the middle of a long training run is a bit of a surprise. I then walked a bit to recover from the interval, then coasted in. I'll next go out on Wednesday, I'll probably do my intervals.