AM - ran 5 miles outside. The weather was a bit cooler, but not much better than last night. I was up a bit late, so I set my alarm to wake me up a bit later. Therefore I did not have enough time in the morning to do the whole 7 mile run. Ran with the Garmin (sorry - HAL) this morning. Total time for the 5 mile run was around 39:25 (don't have HAL with me to confirm), average pace of 7:53/mile. This run felt good, although it was a bit hard to find my rhythm. I kept finding my pace increasing to about 7:30-7:40/mile without intending to, and would have to conciously slow down. I plan on runnng a couple more miles this evening to get the entire 7 miles in today, then I have a 14-miler scheduled for tomorrow. I think I will do a nice warmup to the HS track (3.5 miles), then do a 7 mile tempo run on the track, and then a nice easy run back to the house. I will have to make sure I get up nice and early to avoid the heat.
PM - ran another 2 miles outside. Knowing this was going to be a short run, my body said "lets get it over with". Ran both miles at or below MP (factoring in the heat), 1st mile was 7:27, 2nd mile was 6:56 (oops - a bit too fast). I could tell at the end I was running a bit hard - the breathing was more labored than normal. Total time was 14:24, average pace of 7:12/mile. We'll see what I do tomorrow on my long run. | 