Week 7: 6 mile tempo
Posted in Fitness, Marathon Training on Feb 25th, 2009 2 Comments »
Today featured a 6 mile tempo, 1 mile easy, 4 miles at mid-tempo pace, 1 mile easy. I did a pretty good job of running the whole way through, save for a 1.5 minute stop about 4 miles into the run because my right butt cheek started to ache like crazy. I had to stop and stretch it out a bit. It loosened up after the stretch but ended up bothering me for the last half mile of the run.
Split 1: 12:47
Split 2: 12:18
Split 3: 11:51
Split 4: 13:33 (12:00 minus the time to stretch)
Split 5: 12:43
Split 6: 13:18
Total Time: 1:16:33, 1:15:03 without time to stretch
Average Pace: 12:45 (the whole run), 12:13 (4 mi at mid-tempo. Right on the dot!)
Calories Burned: 626
Shoes: Asics Nimbus