This felt good

Yesterday I did 5x1000 with my son and Justin, a friend. The 1000s could've been done around the block (~965m). But I chose to do them on the grass using the first 1K of the XC course across the street. The 1000m mark, incidentally, is adjacent to my house; the first 1000 ends at the very top of the hill at the telephone pole at Plumly/Shiloh. We could have simply done each 1K of the XC course, but we decided to do an out and back pattern, doing the first 1K in the opposite direction for #s 2 and 4. The target: 3:40/1K w/3:40 recovery. I hit 3:37, 3:28, 3:30, 3:23 and 3:27, for an average of 3:29. We wound up taking about 4:00 rest. The ones going in the opposite direction were a bit easier; even though the terrain was still rolling, the run seemed to have a downward trend in elevation. Justin hit 3:37, 3:28, 3:40, 3:40, 3:40. DJ managed 3:39, 3:36, 3:58, 3:50, 3:53. I guess my pace made for a 17:25. This felt good. Warmed up 1.25. Cooled down 1.85. Total: about 6.1 miles.

Total for the week: Sun-Sat: 37 miles