Fox Hollow, no Zack. Felt pretty good as I walked to the corner where I start my runs, so I decided to give it a good effort. Last time I tried to PR on this run I think I went out too fast, and ended up dying on the way back, so I tried to go out conservatively fast today. Just over 7-minute pace for the first mile and a half (10:39) and then tried to average around 1:40 quarters until the base of the hill. Managed 6:32 pace for that stretch without going into the well, so I figured breaking an hour was a definite possibility, although I knew I'd have to see how I felt after the hill. Hit the uphill hard, as usual, and figured I would be up in about 8:45...for some reason I was thinking my PR up the hill was 8:13, when in reality it is 7:13. So at the halfway point I was at 3:55 and was like "Damn, I'm gonna kill my old PR!" Managed 7:32 for a total of 30:27 for the first half of the run. I knew my split there the day I PRed was 30:30, so I was feeling good about the run (especially since I thought I'd PRed up the hill by 41 seconds). The downhill took 6:46, and then the hard part of the run started--trying to average better than 6-minute pace the entire way back. Started hitting right on 90-second quarters, and managed to pick it up to 88, 87, and 88 the last .75mi of Rexius. With a mile and a half to go I was just under 48:30, so I knew even at 6-minute pace I wouldn't get under 57 minutes, and I knew my PR was 56:xx. I hit an 83-second quarter on Amazon and am pretty sure my last mile was under 5:30, maybe even under 5:20, though I don't know where the exact mile marker is so I can't be sure. At any rate, 8:29 for the last 1.5 miles (that split was 8:41 on my PR of this run) and managed to break 57. Felt like I had just a little bit left at the end, so it may in fact be possible to break 56 someday.
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funny about how you forgot your PR during the run. running can mess with your head sometimes..
ReplyDeleteI have no idea how you can remember all that crap while you're running. Once I hit the middle/end of my runs I can't think clearly enough to do math in my head...
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