Ran up to Little Bob's place for a run he likes to do. I have been struggling this week and was not sure if I would get any speed in, but I knew Bob liked to do this downhill mile to help increase his leg turnover. I figured this was a good way to at least get some speed in and it did not seem too daunting, I figured I could handle one hard mile, and one hard half mile. We left his house and climbed up to the start, it was pretty steep, I have not done a lot of downhill speed, it beats me up, and I don't like the pounding. As I was reseting my garmin, Bob took off on the start, I gave chase, but he was moving so fast I thought there was no way I would catch him. I did finally catch him due to some luck with a stoplight and led us through the mile in 4:54. I actually felt pretty good on this and heart rate was not as high as I would have guessed, but it was an aggressive dowhill. We jogged around the block and back up to the half mile mark and started our half. My goal was to cruise the first quarter and hammer the second half. I felt good and pushed hard in the second quarter to come through in 2:23. I felt very good. Even though the set was very short, I felt good getting some faster turnover, this is just what I needed to keep my head in the game. | 