6.5 miles in 48:54, 7:31/mi, HR 150. 1.5 miles in 13:52, 9:14/mi, HR 126 with the dogs. Nice sunny, mild day. Felt fatigued from yesterday and likely the past week, still with a touch of this head-cold/allergies/whatever. Decided to *not* look at my Garmin for any reason until the run was done, going on an easy effort alone, thinking perhaps by watching my watch I was pushing the pace too much. Kept the first couple of miles right on the ragged edge of a 3-3/4-4 breathing pattern, which I know is borderline recovery pace for me. Well, the pace tells the story...fast end of Easy zone so I'm not pushing the pace watching my watch. I did find it hard not to sneak a peek though....so I spent the time daydreaming about having a HUD that would display all my pertinent data without having to look down at my wrist. Followed up with a nice slow jog with the dogs, who had energy to burn today. Brooks Trance - 464.01 miles. | 