Warm up for a mile, then I ran a comfortable pace for the straight parts, and when there was a circle, or spoke off the main road, I would try and sprint on those parts. They ranged from 460 feet to .38 of a mile.
average pace overall was just over 9. I think my average slower running speed was around 9:35 and the average of my 8 sprints was 7:35. My sprints last week were faster, and I wonder if I was slower today because I did speed work on Tuesday too. Either way, I feel like I'm done with speed work for a while. It felt good to do, but it wears me out more than my normal piddley-runs.
Not sure about the temp outside, but it had just sprinkled a little, and smelled like it was going to rain. There's a word to describe the smell of "going to rain," but I can't remember it. It's something you smell more often in the desert than out here..it was like comfort food for my nose. | 