Grooved to Run

Today was Week 1 Day 2 of the Hal Higdon 5K Intermediate Training Plan.

Tuesdays in the plan are always an easy three miles:

How fast is easy? You need to define your own comfort level. Don’t worry about how fast you run; just cover the distance suggested–or approximately the distance. Ideally, you should be able to run at a pace that allows you to converse with a training partner without getting too much out of breath.

I covered 3.11 miles in 31:23 (10:06/mi pace) with an average speed of 5.9 mph and a max of 7.9 mph. My 1-mile splits were 10:08, 10:53, and 9:25, burning about 470 calories.

Not a bad run. Not a great run either, but certainly better than last week.