Running Redhead

Cutback week. I felt like I was saying, "Hold your horses" to my legs the entire run. I guess that's the point of reducing mileage for a week, though. Perfect sunny day in the sixties. Ran on a rolling hills out and back course on Glendale Road. I'm still trying to perfect my sense of pace with the Garmin and smooth out the spikes and valleys.

Had to cut short my tempor run on the treadmill. Only a couple of miles at 6:58 pace. Definitely a backing off week.

Real easy pace middle of the week. Felt light and tempting to unleash.

Ripped through 10 quarters on the track yesterday. 1:36, 1:36, 1:37, 1:35,1:35, 1:34, 1:38, 1:34, 1:35, 1:34 Nice weather. I definitely enjoy running fast. 200 meter jog recovery. Based on running quarters I can tell that I have the speed to break 40 minutes in a 10K, but I need to be able to maintain speed over the entire distance. I think having the Garmin will help, but maybe also running races with more participants. I've mostly done small local road races where there aren't many people at the same pace, so it's a huge mental game. I never lost a relay lead in high school, so maybe I need to use that competitiveness to my advantage to push for pr's in my next runs.