This is a deload of firsts. No training was slated until cycle two starts on Monday, but I was at a loose end and it wasn’t too hot. The idea of seeing how fast I could run a mile had been kicking around my head for some time - my reason being that since I’m essentially doing 531 I should do a bit more than pay lip service to Jim’s idea of being better all over.
So, I sat down and used Google Maps to plot my course (400 m tracks are a relative rarity in Australia) which is apparently 1.04 miles, so we’ll call it a mile. Then I uploaded the course to my mobile device
and off I went into territory belonging to @ActivitiesGuy and @darkcop. First quarter mile started fast and easy and then very quickly became horrible. Around halfway I my body stopped panicking because it remembered that running just sucks and I settled into a pace, which felt decent and saved me in the last quarter. Thank fuck I learned how to breathe years ago, because I’d have gassed out by the end of the first quarter otherwise.
Finished in seven minutes and 17 seconds. Pretty happy with that. I was hoping for eight but prepared to be disappointed. It was pretty flat, slight uphill for the second half of the first quarter.