After a couple of weeks of slow running I felt like I wanted to get out there and see what I could do. So I warmed up for a half a mile and stretched and then picked a two mile road to see how well I could do. My first mile was windy, I'm a thin guy and I thought the wind was going to slow me down to much but I was able to come in at 6:45. The nice thing was the next mile was at my back and I was able to drop it to 6:35. I can only think the negative split was truly due to the wind. I was however competely tired after those two miles. Someday I would like to be able to run that pace for a half marathon but that time will come slowly as I increase my mileage. |