LM/LL warmup. 6 miles in 47:54, 7:59/mi, HR 159. 3/4 mi cooldown walk w/ dogs. McM Core L2 workout & stretching. Sunny, warm (83F) and humid, but better than yesterday's scorcher. My weather station hit 101.7 yesterday, although we caught a break when thunderstorms rolled through starting at about 4 pm and knocked about 25 degrees off the temps. Tired today so I considered taking today off, but instead decided to keep the easy run easy, and felt good throughout. Average HR below 160 for the run despite the above normal temps is a really good sign that fitness is returning fairly quickly now.
My problem with easy runs is this.....I've got an 8:00/mi mental barrier. If it's slower, I feel like I'm slacking, when I full well know that's not true. I also have a hard time knowing exactly what easy is supposed to fell like, because sometimes no pace feels truly easy. Case in point.....yesterday's last mile at a "moderate" effort didn't feel much different from the easy effort, save for the breathing rate, which didn't increase all that substantially. So was I sandbagging the moderate or pushing the easy? Or neither? Guess I'll just continue to swag it and do my best.
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