Class 3

For now on, you leave campus on longer Tuesday runs. We alternate between runs to the south, through town, and north, toward the river. 

Thursday's run will be faster. For your first set of intervals (of three this term), you'll run two-thirds of a mile twice, with a recovery break between. Meet at the same spot as today.

TODAY'S 2.3 MILES

(with per-mile pace and comparison to last week's mile test; target was to go slower/easier, with +1:00 per mile ideal)

Kamille -- 26:35 (11:33 pace, +36 sec. per mile)
Leily -- 20:00 (8:41s, +16 sec.)
Bryce -- 21:12 (9:12s, +54 sec.) day's 2nd best pacer, tie
Alex D. -- 20:57 (9:04s, +54 sec.) day's 2nd best pacer, tie
Soren -- 18:04 (7:51s, no target)
Amina -- 26:49 (11:40s, +1:22)
Michael -- 16:19 (7:05s, +50 sec.)
Tara -- 20:00 (8:41s, +54 sec.)
Alex M. -- 20:08 (8:45s, +55 sec.) day's best pacer, earning extra credit
Miranda -- 28:19 (12:18s, +53 sec.)
Sugam -- 26:06 (11:20s, +1:39)
Anthony -- 18:40 (8:06s, +42 sec.)
Sara -- 18:18 (7:57s, = last Tuesday's pace)
Max -- 17:56 (7:47s, +1:19)

LESSON 3: RACE DISTANCES

Nearly all road races now run by the metric system, so if you grew up under the mile system you must learn to interpret these distances. One kilometer is 1000 meters or .62 mile. One mile is 1609 meters or about 1.6 kilometers. Here are the most popular road racing events and their mileage equivalents: 5K = 3.11 miles; 8K = 4.97 miles; 10K = 6.21 miles; 15K = 9.32 miles;  half-marathon (21.1K) = 13.11 miles; marathon (42.2K) = 26.22 miles. This odd mileage complicates the computing of pace per mile from metric races. Grab your calculator.