Time Trial #2

3mi in 23m:37s at Track tonight. That's sub 8min mile pace over this distance. If I could sustain this pace I'd beat my 1/2 marathon finish time target (but I probably couldn't sustain this pace even for another one mile let alone another ten).

However, the marvelous thing is that we ran this same time trial a few weeks ago (see 6/23 post). I've improved by more than 4min over the intervening time. That part is very satisfying.

I need to do two things over the next 2-3 months: acquire the endurance to run a long distance in preparation for the Full marathon, but also improve my speed over the shorter 1/2 marathon distance. Tonight shows progress against this latter goal.