Breaking into the 8 min/mile mark
Last night was my speed work night. I set out for a little over a 5k (3.51 miles) and surprised myself with another personal best. 8:40 average mile. I wasn’t even pushing it that hard. While this isn’t anything crazy, I’ve been running for a bit over a month now and it was just last week that I was excited that I broke under the 10 minute mark for a sustained run. I’m sure I could shave off time if I ran in the daylight (can’t see much at night so I’m always slowing down at intersections or tripping over things) and didn’t play car dodge.
Date: 02/18/2009
Start Time: 18:41:05
End Time: 19:11:26
Time Taken: 00:30:21
Total Distance: 3.50 mi.
Pace: 08:40 (avg)
Speed: 6.92 (mi/hr) (avg)