Yesterday's workout was a strange beast. I originally was going to take yesterday as a rest day, but as it turned out, I forgot my money at home so I couldn't go to lunch with the guys. So instead, I decided that I would go ahead and workout since it wasn't all that sunny and I could just use Friday as a rest day. SO, I packed up my bag with the intention of running and made my way up to the Aquatic Center. As I made it up to the area, I decided that instead of running 4 as I planned, that I would run 3 instead. I had worked my hamstrings pretty vigorously in the pool the day before and so I didn't want to put any stress on them, so I cut the mileage from 4 to 3. But look at the split times, so much for any type of easy run:
| Split | Split Distance | Overall Distance | Split Time | Split Pace | Overall Time | Overall Pace |
| 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 7:15 | 7:15 | 7:15 | 7:15 |
| 2 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 7:45 | 7:45 | 15:00 | 7:30 |
| 3 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 8:36 | 8:36 | 23:36 | 7:52 |
I can't be for certain, but my first mile I think is my fastest recorded mile of the year. Okay, looking back to the Race for the Deaf that my first mile was 7:03, but that was in race conditions, this 7:15 was me by myself which is fairly different mindsets. I felt pretty good for the rest of the run, I only had to walk right before the dreaded Lake Loudon hill because of the traffic at 12:30. Since classes are back in session, there is 10 fold the number of vehicles around campus, making the traffic a little more dangerous to avoid.
Today will be a rest day, but I am going to the Knoxville Marathon press conference in 20 minutes and so hopefully, I might have some pictures and/or information to blog about when I get back.
PLANET3RRY 