Kimia ran another mile time trial today. I think we need to take a break from running those for a few weeks until she gets more used to the mileage she is running (currently on pace for 27 miles this week). She told me that she normally doesn't hurt until the second lap when she runs these, but she started hurting almost immediately today, and told me that her legs felt dead. Splits were 2:04, 2:11, 2:12, 2:05, +2 seconds for the extra distance to the finish. Total time of 8:34. I also ran a 63 second 400 while we were at the track, with splits of 31, 32, just like last time. I ended up running about 3.4 miles total while with Kimia (pushing the stroller with both kids as well). After I finished with Kimia I went out to run some more. I was pressed for time so I just made sure to keep the effort fairly honest rather than running my short sprints and slowing down to 9:00+ pace afterwards. I had to stay off of the trail due to construction, so I stayed on the roads for what I estimated at 6 miles. I suspected it was longer so I remeasured with the course tool, measuring it at 6.4 miles. Total time for the last 6.4 was 41:25, with the last mile around 5:30 pace. |