Today was Week 5 Day 6 of the Hal Higdon 5K Intermediate Training Plan.
Once again I switched the workout days to fit my schedule a little better. Ended up doing my long run today so I could hit the Heritage Rail Trail at sunrise (7:08 AM) with Nate and and Eric.
Nate had 8 miles scheduled. I had 10K (6.21 miles) scheduled, and Eric was planning on doing 20 miles for his marathon training. The plan was for Nate and I to keep Eric company for the first 6 miles of his run and then he’d just continue on.
As it turned out, my legs were feeling great today and the run was awesome. So Nate and I did the full eight miles (new distance for me) from Brillhart Station to Glatfelters Station and back. Ran through the Howard Tunnel twice, so that pretty much shot my GPS accuracy, but such is life.
I forgot to hit the stop button on my Forerunner at 8.0 miles. So including a little bit of cool-down, I covered 8.04 miles in 1:24:25 (10:29/mi pace) with an average speed of 5.7 mph. My 1-mile splits, if correct, were 10:12, 11:20, 10:07, 10:11, 10:20, 10:25, 10:20, and 10:46. Burned somewhere in the neighborhood of 1260 calories.
Running with people makes the time fly by. Definitely an enjoyable run today.
That run was a blast. I love running for fun, and still getting in a great workout.
Yeah, good run today. I would totally hit the rail trail again.
I could get spoiled with the lack of hills. :)