4:45pm, 55 degrees and a light, but steady rain. First 5.4 in 43:53 (8:07s). Next 4.55 in 34:04 (7:29s). 9.95 in 1:17:57 (7:50s). .5 cool down in 4:07 (8:14s). Frankly, I don't have any clue what is going on. If you would have asked me to predict the pace I was running, I would have said that the 2nd section of the course was run around 7:10s. The first half I felt completely and absolutely bloated. I had a salad for lunch along with a bagel and a cup of coffee. That was about 3 hours previous, but if I didn't know any better, I'd have thought I ate and headed out the door to run. One possibility for these incredibly slow times as of late is related to my wife being sick. She has flu like symptoms. I've felt a touch queezy and such over the last couple days. Perhaps we've both got it, but my immunity is high enough that I'm barely getting any effects and its just got my system run down without knowing it. Nothing to get worried about just yet, but we'll see how things are by next week. Definitely something to keep an eye on over the upcoming days. | 