I ran with Sasha and Hyrum this morning. We dropped off Hyrum after 2 miles and then Sasha and I ran around the block a few times while we waited for one of Sasha's friends. He never showed up so we ran out a little over 2 miles and then we came back. We did another 800 today at the beginning of our course for the 5 mile tempo so we could get a better feel for 5k race pace. The goal was to go through 800 in 2:30. We started off a little quick going through the first 100 in 18 seconds, which is on pace for a 2:24. I then settled down and slowed a bit (though not much) to go through the 400 in 1:14 with equal 200 splits of 37. The next 200 was also a 37 to give me a 1:51 through 600m. After this I decided to speed up a bit over the last 200 and I ran it in 35 seconds for a total time of 2:26, 1:12 over the last 400. So, it was a little faster than planned but I felt fine. I felt like I could have held that pace for at least a 3000 or a 3200, but I am not sure how much farther I could have held it. I feel like I have been getting a lot faster recently which is good seeing that I have not been doing consistent tempo runs or interval workouts. I will see how good of shape I am in tomorrow at the law day 5k in Salt Lake at the U of U. It would be fun to have a Cougar win a race on the Ute's campus.
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