I described today’s tempo run a couple posts down, but upon rereading the plan, realized that Hudson really meant 2 x 15min at Half to 10K pace w/1min rec. Nevertheless, my original plan (15min@Half pace, 1 min rec., 15min@10K pace) sounded really good to me so that’s what I did, along with about 4.5 miles warmup/cooldown.

The Half pace section came in at 7:29/mi, then I jogged lightly for a min and did the second 15mins at 7:09/mi. My HR on the first section averaged 171 (82%WHR) and on the 10K section averaged 178 (85%WHR). According to my fabulous Greg Maclin’s HR Excel sheet, this fits in perfectly with the respective race paces, so…yay!

I still have lots of time to work on my Half pace so that’s pretty cool. My 10K, on the other hand, is just a couple weeks away, so not a lot to be done, but I might be able to make a small dent. We shall see. In any case, it was a strong session today and I’m satisfied with it.

Now for an evening out, a little wine, friends and food and I’d call this the perfect day. Hope yours is shaping up to be a great one, too. Talk to you later, folks.

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