My wife had book club this evening, so I got to stay home with the kids. After putting the youngest two down, I went for a run on the treadmill. 1/2 mile to warm up, starting at 8:34 pace at incline of 1.0, gradually increasing to 7:30 pace. Stayed at that pace for the first mile, then increased the speed to 6:58 pace for the second mile. Upped the speed again to 6:40 pace for the final mile. I could feel my form starting to break down in the last 1/4 mile, so I worked really hard to keep it together. The breathing started to get more labored, but nothing like Monday where I had to stop and take a break. Total time for the run was 25:22 - average pace (including the warmup) was 7:15/mile. If I take the warmup out, average pace was an even 7:00/mile. |