I got back to Regional Park today feeling pumped. Oh, what only one day can do. I didn't what to run fast (relative) but I did feel like running farther than I have in a few weeks (since my IT flare up). So I went out in a comfortable pace with the goal to run 2 laps. I was making average time on the first lap and about a mile in decided I was going to try and negative split the laps. I haven't done that this year and only did it last year after I had gotten in pretty good shape last fall. So, I went through lap one in a 23:46, 10:48 pace. Again not fast, but not slow right now, either. I tried to keep the same pace up, and I noticed that after mile one on lap two that I was under my first lap time by about 10 seconds. Mile two has three pretty good, but short, hills. I forced myself to run them just like I had lap one and succeeded. At mile two, I was under about another 10 seconds and quickened the pace on the last 2/10 to cut another 10 seconds. End result: lap 2 in 23:15, 10:34 pace, and a negative split for the first time this year. Not anything that is going to win me any races but a significant run at this point in my fitness progression. Oh, and my IT band caused me less discomfort than at any point in the last three weeks.
My favorite ultrarunner, Anton Krupicka, won the Lavaredo Ultra Trail 119k Friday. You can find his race report here.
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