I was going to run a fast mile again today -- and I started to run it, but I just didn't have it in me. It was raining pretty hard. I ran a 1.5 mile warm-up and then ran my mile in the opposite direction than I usually run it. I ran 4/5 of a mile in 4:09 and accidently stopped my watch when I was trying to turn on the light to see my pace. Anyway, at that point I decided I'd had enough. Today's run further convinced me that I need to run my official mile on the track, as I think there is enough of a hill on my neighborhood mile that it could give me an unfairly good time when I run the downhill direction (which is what I did when I ran the 5:00.88 mile last week). |