Cracked the 8 minute mile!

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jtm4210
jtm4210 Posts: 108 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Really chuffed with myself today - after a few months of comfortably churning out 8.5 minute miles, this morning I managed:

1 mile - 8:38 min
2 miles - 8:07 min
3 miles - 7:48 min
4 miles - 7:51 min
4.6 miles - 7:45 min (average pace as I didn't complete the mile)
Splits from Map My Run

I'm a teensy bit irritated that MFP has recorded it as an 8.5 minute mile run (since the average pace was 8:05 min) but it's not the end of the world.

I have no idea where all those extra seconds came from - I didn't feel like I was trying that much harder than usual and in fact I thought today's run would be pants as I slept badly last night. Not that I'm complaining - just hope I can keep the momentum up! Yay me!

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  • emmaxbon
    emmaxbon Posts: 123 Member
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    Wow brilliant, well done!
  • sloseph
    sloseph Posts: 157 Member
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    fantastic :) big congratulations to you
  • czmmom
    czmmom Posts: 236 Member
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    Awesome!! Great job!!
  • hermann341
    hermann341 Posts: 443 Member
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    Very nice!! I've been hitting those kinds of speeds on the treadmill lately, but haven't put them to the test with a 5k or 10k. May have to see what I can do against my daughter the airman, when she's home next week.

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