Marathon Week 12, Day 2

Five of us came to the middle school track for 1-mile repeats at 0600. Carrie, Jeff, Jim, Tommie, and I took a couple of warm-up laps in the dark, and by the time we completed our stretching and other loosening up, it was light enough that the pot holes were not going to break our ankles.

Tommie and I set out quickly on our first mile and held the pace well enough to finish in 6:03. We were, of course, happy to put together such a finish except for one thing: we are required to better that time on our second run (on three minutes’ rest), or pack it up and leave. Careful pacing — as well as some tooth-gritting — got us through the second mile at an even 6:00, so we earned our reward: one more mile.

The third one, again on three minutes of rest, came much too quickly for our legs, and though we held the 6-minute-mile pace for the first two laps, the third lap did us in, and we finished in 6:09.

It was a good tiring morning, and I believe all five of us outdid our performances of a few weeks ago. And best of all, I get to do a CrossFit workout on Wednesday! I wonder if it will look as painful as today’s “Something Like Daniel”.

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