We had a sick tempo run today, 3 miles that were supposed to range from 5:30 to 5:45. First mile was 5:47, and it felt fast but good, like I could hold out for another couple miles. Thomas was assigned to be the leader/pacer today, and for the most part he kept us on pace. Side note, Jamie is making our runs more organized in general, and it's going great! For the tempo runs now, we have a "commitment point", where we absolutely have to stay as a pack until that point, then we can spread out based on how we are feeling after that. Our commitment point today was 2 miles. The second mile was 5:51, so a little slow, but I could tell Thomas was having a hard time keeping it today. At that point I was feeling good, so Connor, Michael, and I picked up the pace a bit and had a strong finish to a very good tempo run. The last mile was 5:28 bringing the 3 mile time to around 17 minutes, which I had no idea I was capable of at this point. Days like today get me super excited for the season and to start racing! Shout out to Sami and Jaden for coming to pick up Michael, Austin, Chris, and I because we would've been over mileage if we ran back to the school! Also shout out to Jamie for biking with us during the run today, that was nice! |