More on the mile time

Just for my own records, my splits for the mile were:

1st lap 73 seconds
2nd lap 77 seconds
3rd lap 79 seconds
4th lap 73 seconds

Pretty awful splits - but there was a reason for it. The first two were paced (by Ed, thanks Ed), the third I was on my own (with no idea how fast to go trying to hit a similar time as lap 2) then the fourth was paced by Juergen (thanks so much Juergen) who could see I was a bit lost and wasn't going to hit 5 minutes - which was the time I was aiming at.

To maintain my fitness I will do one or two weeks of cycling. My knees simply won't let me run.