Waverly Goes 6 at Memorial Park!
After Waverly and I left the 20K downtown, we went over to Memorial Park to get in her 6 miles for the week. If you'll remember two weeks ago, we did 5.3 miles instead of 5. However, she wasn't feeling real well last weekend so we didn't get in the 5.5 miles.
With that in mind, I really didn't expect her to do too much slow jogging at all today and she didn't disappoint! :) There was a lot of sun out, though, up until we left the Park at 12:30 p.m.
We started out at the Mile 0 marker in front of the Tennis Center, went to the Mile 3 marker and then went back the other way so the first loop would be 3.1 miles and the second one would be the standard 2.9-mile fare.
Waverly slow jogged some in the first mile, but the heat got to her a little bit (even though there was a cool breeze) so she kept a pretty good pace with a brisk walk. On the first loop, I kept going to the Mile 3 marker to make the first loop 3.2 miles. (I did this so when we reversed it, we would be closer to the truck! More for her than me!)
We covered the first 3.2 miles in 45:48.39 - a pretty good clip of 14:19/mile.
The back 2.8 miles was a little slower. We did it in 44:40.41, a pace of 15:57/mile. However, that was to be expected a little bit. While we were there, we saw Mike and Sophie Rydin and talked with them some, especially about Sophie's great effort at Race for the Cure.
So .... 6 miles in 1:30:28.80, a 15:05/mile pace. Very good for her very first time at this distance. She did good! 13 weeks to go!
With that in mind, I really didn't expect her to do too much slow jogging at all today and she didn't disappoint! :) There was a lot of sun out, though, up until we left the Park at 12:30 p.m.
We started out at the Mile 0 marker in front of the Tennis Center, went to the Mile 3 marker and then went back the other way so the first loop would be 3.1 miles and the second one would be the standard 2.9-mile fare.
Waverly slow jogged some in the first mile, but the heat got to her a little bit (even though there was a cool breeze) so she kept a pretty good pace with a brisk walk. On the first loop, I kept going to the Mile 3 marker to make the first loop 3.2 miles. (I did this so when we reversed it, we would be closer to the truck! More for her than me!)
We covered the first 3.2 miles in 45:48.39 - a pretty good clip of 14:19/mile.
The back 2.8 miles was a little slower. We did it in 44:40.41, a pace of 15:57/mile. However, that was to be expected a little bit. While we were there, we saw Mike and Sophie Rydin and talked with them some, especially about Sophie's great effort at Race for the Cure.
So .... 6 miles in 1:30:28.80, a 15:05/mile pace. Very good for her very first time at this distance. She did good! 13 weeks to go!
posted by WalkSports.com | 8:18 PM
2 Comments:
Way to go Waverly!
The sun today was deceptively draining. Even on my leg of the 10K, I got a hint of sunburn and I've felt overheated all day.
Awesome, Waverly!!
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