Had toyed with the idea of doing a 5k, but the local one sounded like sidewalk running and I run that area often, so I decided to go to track and get a sense of where I am. The idea was to do 3 1600m repeats, 4 if things were going great, 5 if the planets were aligned. My main goal was to try to hit a certain pace without my Garmin. I at least accomplished that (although 400m updates are pretty helpful). I was shooting for 400s that would put me in the 5:50 range or just barely over 6:00 at the slowest.
Ended up fast on the first one (of course) 5:44.2, 6:01.5, 6:03.1. 2.6 up and 4.1 down.
I expect this will be half marathon pace by Philly RnR, assuming I don't blow a tendon or get hit by a car. In April I hit several miles at 6 flat and most under 6:10 in my half, so I should be able to exceed that in 2.5 months. Happy 4th of July!
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