Intervals

Awesome interval workout tonight.

My coach sets up a workout every Wednesday night and anyone can participate. Tonight's session was 4 x 1 mile repeats with 3 minutes recovery. The idea is to increase the speed on each mile.

For the first mile I had Heather, who just came off a great Cherry Blossom 10 Miler race on Sunday, to pace with and we did a 6:49. I ran with Heather for the first half of the second mile but increased the speed to finish with a 6:27. The third mile I focused on keeping Jesse, a tough runner, in my sights. It helped me turn in a 6:23. For the fourth mile I decided to really kick it in and ended up with a 6:07.

My coach is confident I'll hit the teens for 5k's this summer. I hope he's right.