When I run I treat each run as a challenge to do better than the last. I have an ongoing goal to get to a point where I can keep a 10 minute mile pace easy. I am pretty much there, some days it's easy, some days...not so much. My question is more about the breakdown of my splits. I run 3 miles with the 1st mile being my slowest, the last usually my fastest. For example tonight's run was 10:22, 10:01, 9:52. I have a garmin so I've been sharing my runs on my facebook and have had a few people comment on how they thinkit's funny my last mile is always my fastest. I never really thought about it before but is this uncommon? Should I maybe be going out harder in the 1st mile?
Not necessarily. "Negative splits", or when you run the second half of a race faster than the first, is a good thing. There's no sense in going out faster and potentially burning out. My first mile is usually my slowest, too. Today my four were 9:42, 9:16, 9:11, 9:02.
Post by jillybean222 on Jun 4, 2012 20:03:52 GMT -5
i usually start slower and finish faster. i have become so much better pacing myself this way. DH just runs and his splits are all over the place. mine are very specific and almost always within seconds of what i am trying to run.
Thanks ladies! I guess that's the way I was looking at it too... I'm just fairly new to this and wanted to be sure there wasn't something wrong with going that route. I kind of like finishing fast and I figure it's good practice for races because most people kick it into high gear at the end right?
Post by stingsharkruns on Jun 4, 2012 20:23:02 GMT -5
I don't necessarily try to make each run better than the last- but I do start run my first mile slow and always try to make the last mile my fastest. I think it makes me feel better to be able to run the fastest mile at the end of my run..