Tempo Time

Today's workout - Warmup - 4 mi Tempo (Enfield 4 course) - 4 x 200 @ 5k pace w/200 easy jog between - Cooldown

Tempo miles -
7:47 (warming up to pace and Veterans hill)
7:26
7:58 (hilly)
7:23
I took the hills conservatively so that I'd be able to do the whole workout. Besides, when we started running tempo, my legs felt like bricks until the last mile. I thought mile 2 was going to be so much slower than it was. Actually, looking at the times again, I'm pretty satisfied with them.

4 x 200
51, 53, 51, 50 (51 is a 6:48 mile or a 21:07 5K, which is definitely faster than my PR)

I don't really believe in the McMillan Pace Calculator to predict my performances because time and time again I have proven it wrong. If I put in 21:07 for 5k, it predicts 3:25:00 marathon. Well, I've only proved that I can hold 5k pace for a 200...whoopee.

I averaged only 7:38s for my 'tempo' section. If I'm trying to get down close to 3:20, that should be marathon pace. Looks like I have a way to go, but considering I'm 4-5 days off of a full marathon with a decent time, I'll take those paces and predictions for now. There is still a lot of training left in the season.

I'm not looking forward to the hills on Saturday's Soul Buster. Hills really put a hurt on my pelvis. Every time we run hills that are too steep, I have trouble recovering and tend to get injured. I'm gonna have to be very conservative until we hit the track on Saturday.