Sneakers Mile

Today I ran the Sneakers Mile loop - including 'the bitch'. I'm technically in taper week, so I postponed yesterday's 'long run' (usually 60 minutes) until today and cut it to 45 minutes, but upped the tempo a little - including the Sneakers Mile pickup. Totals: 45 minutes, 5.75 miles at a 7:50 min/mile pace: 7:45 for the first 3.23 miles, 6:41 for the pickup mile and 8:50 for the last 1.5 miles. I liked this worked because it's a bit longer than normal and includes some intensity - which is supposedly good to maintain during a 'taper'. Weather was cold and a bit windy but not uncomfortably so. I felt pretty good overall following the 3 day layoff.

Tomorrow keep the intensity up with a 3 mile tempo run.