Track Thursday: sunny five

Darn me, always competing with myself...

Last Thursday, I pushed to run a fifth interval. Today I was running well but just not feeling it. I was about to quit after four but then felt guilty because I knew I could do another one. So I did!
It was dry, sunny and warmish (for January), but a moderate wind was swirling. On the first lap it was blowing from the north. Then it was coming from the west. Then the south. Then the west again. You can really tell the wind direction when running on an outdoor track.
Here's how it looked:

warmup - 400m

400m: 7:49 pace
400m: 7:42

200m recovery

400m: 7:23
400m: 7:39

200m recovery

400m: 7:33
400m: 7:36

200m recovery

400m: 7:33
400m: 7:37

200m recovery

400m: 7:54
400m: 7:50

cool down - 200m

In all, 3.42 miles in 32:54 - a 9:38 average, including warmup, recoveries and cool down.
In typing up those times, I realized that EVERY split was faster than last week's except the first split of the fifth interval... 7:54 instead of last week's 7:53. (the average for the whole last 800m was faster!)

SWEET.

I didn't realize I was running that much faster. No wonder I was "just not feeling it" - I was working hard.
I don't want to sound like I'm all full of myself, but I'm really proud of the work I've been doing. Looking back at my calendar, I've been running track workouts almost weekly since mid-October, and I'm seeing improvements.

Such a great feeling :) :)