2 mile warm-up jog
1 mile fast (5:28.6)
3 mile cool-down run
The evening before the race, I decided to run the Loudoun Street Mile with my coach and two teammates. To cover what I did/ate the day before:
Run: 7.5 miles, easy on the way out, slight pick-up on the return trip
B - water, waffle, some pickles
L - Starbucks southwest chicken sandwich (chicken and bell peppers), small espresso frappe
D- salmon with rissotto, water
I slept in and skipped breakfast the day of the race, but I had some water before the race began. It's only a mile, and I wasn't really hungry. I warmed up very slow, did some dynamic movements, and completed four strides before heading to the start. I didn't really feel "ready"/really warmed up to race a mile, but I was sweating a little and my legs were as ready as they were going to be. Miles still feel very awkward for me.
The race course is downhill for the first quarter mile, *slightly* uphill for the second quarter mile, and downhill for the entire second half mile. There were people calling out splits at every quarter mile.
0.25: 1:20
0.50: 2:44 (~1:24)
"Over the hill then run like hell!"
0.75: 4:09 (~1:25)
1.00: 5.28.6 (~1:20)
It wasn't really consistent, and it wasn't a negative split (seriously, Anna, even with that downhill?!), but it is a PR for me. I had never run a mile faster than 5:30 before this race! Maybe I can work very hard and run a 5:20 mile one day. A 15 year old girl was running with me, and she kicked it in to beat me by a solid 3-4 seconds. I tried to keep up, but I wasn't there.
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