Mile Repeats

Hardest workout of the spring/summer so far. I'd been putting it off (I was going to do it Monday, but it was 89 degrees), but today was a good day temperature wise. It was only about 65 degrees. I had a tail wind for the first .25 miles and a head wind for the last quarter.

1 mile warm up in 7:20, then 3 x 1 mile hard with 2:00 standing rest in between. Times were 5:45, 5:56, 6:08 for a 5:56.3 average. 1 mile cool down in 8:06.

Obviously, my times dropped off a lot, but I actually surprised myself with that first one. I didn't really know what to expect going in. I'm happy that I averaged under 6:00.

Here's a similar workout I did last June 5:

1 mile warmup (7:33), 3 x 1 mile, 2:00 minute rest, 1 mile cool down (8:37). Ran 5:59, 6:01, 6:01. Was going to do 3:00 rest but felt rested enough to just do 2:00 rest. 75 degrees and muggy. Went at 5 pm. Went faster than I thought I would have.