1/19/09 - 8 miles

Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday so I was able to run in the morning after dropping off Jordan so he could put out flags. I ran at the gym so I could better pace for my interval run. I ran 8 miles but my run also included 8 x 100 meter interval runs. After a half mile warmup, I completed one interval per mile in which I ran 9/10th's of the mile at marathon pace (8:00 minute mile) and then ran 1/10th of the mile at 5k pace (6:40 minute mile). I didn't feel so good at the beginning of my run (was probably the ice cream from the night before) but I felt stronger as the run continued and I had lots left once I finished. I ran the 8 miles in 1:04:04 which is an 8:00 pace.