experienced some difficulties

Wed, 9/12/18

I was supposed to do an hourlong run, but I managed only 40-something minutes since I was running late and experienced some difficulties with my watch; I needed a few extra minutes to charge it.

I took the YMCA to East Amwell to South Triangle to Triangle to TMCA route. 5.75M in 43:00. 7:29/mile pace. Began at 8:00 pace and went progressively faster, with last mile in about 7:10.

Tues, 9/11/18

On tap today was 6 x 2:00 at 5K goal pace with a 2-min jog recovery between efforts. My goal is sub 18:00, about 5:47 or less/mile.  At this pace, I should have covered about 550-560 meters per repeat. (42 seconds per 200 meters)

#1: 570 meters

#2: 575 meters  

#3: 575 

#4: 575

#5: 580  

#6: 580 

#7: 590 

#8: 600 meters in 1:56

To keep myself honest, I used my new Garmin watch, which measured the distance run perfectly. Perhaps more importantly, I did not stop my watch after each rep. Instead I kept it going so that my two minutes of running and two minutes of rest were equal. Thus, I started each 600 run every four minutes: 0:00, 4:00, 8:00, 12:00, etc.