Grooved to Run

Today was Week 4 Day 3 of the Hal Higdon 5K Intermediate Training Plan.

Tempo run today. I was scheduled for a 35 minute run, so I did 10-15-10 in 83 degrees with 54% humidity.

Covered 3.73 miles in 35:00 (9:23/mi pace) with a max speed of 7.8 mph. Lap 1 was 1.05 mi in 10:00 (9:33/mi). Lap 2 was 1.68 mi in 15:00 (8:54/mi). Lap 3 was 1.00 mi in 10:00 (10:01/mi). Burned about 560 calories.

As you can tell from the pace graph, I had some serious troubles keeping my pace steady. Overall, I’m happy with the run, but I’d really like to be able to pick a pace and lock in on it. Flat graphs would probably make me a better runner.