Easy 1 mile with Samuel (his leg was hurting him), then another 1/2 mile with Joseph. Then another 2 miles on my own - average pace of 7:23/mile. I will get in a few more miles after Lybi gets back from her walk.
Ran another 3.5 miles later in the evening - I felt "in the zone" on this run - I started out close to 7:30 pace for the first 1/2 mile, but just found my legs wanting to really lay down the hammer, so I decided to go with it today. I don't have my splits but my average pace for the 3.5 mile run was 6:36/mile. Felt awesome during and after the run. No soreness, no problems. I feel like my fitness has been improved right now, given how well I was able to crank this run out. There is no doubt in my mind that if I were to run another 5K, I would be in the low- to mid-18:00 range, and sub-18:00 is not out of the question. I think I am going to enter a 5K in the next week or two to see what I can do. Planning on 7 miles/day for the rest of this week, with a 13 miler on Saturday to put me at 48 miles for the week. |