Survived another day with a cold and knee pain. Actually today was not too bad knee wise. The cold progressed to the yellow mucus spitting phase. We did a 5 mile tempo on slightly rolling terrain dirt trail. Splits were 6:00, 6:03, 6:03, 6:03, 5:50 for a 29:59 5 mile. Overall first mile felt pretty good, miles two and three were just ok, but mile 4 and 5 were tough. It was pretty warm and humid today as well with temps around 75 and humidity in the 93% range. So mixed feelings about the workout. I would have liked to feel a little better than I did at that pace but with the head cold and knee issues this week I guess I should be happy with results. At least I am still running and keeping the miles above 70! |