Beautiful day today ... 50 degrees and sunny at 5pm.
Wasn't sure what I was going to do when I began the run today. The stomach was doing backflips and 1/2 a mile in I thought I'd be lucky to get in 3. I settled into a nice easy pace (8:15s) that I thought I might be able to keep for 3-6 and set it in my mind that there was no shame in turning around at any point. Somewhere around mile 2 the pace got comfortable and may have begun to speed up. At mile 3 (24:45) I took a necessary pit stop and came back out a new man. I could instantly feel the pace quicken and set out for a longer run and hit the next 2.8 in 19:58. I'm not really sure about the distance, but I'm guessing I was probably hitting somewhere between 7:15 and 7:25. At this point I knew exactly where I was (Kirkwood Farmer's Market) and that I was 6 miles out on the nose taking a different route back. I fell right into the groove as soon as I began the trip back. The terrain was moderate with a good number of ups and downs. The 6 mile run time was 39:00 exactly (6:30s). I'm guesing the entire 6 was run progressively because I hit the last mile in 5:55 and could really tell the pace was steadily picking up from 3 miles out all the way in. Very pleased with this run today.
(Nike Vomero - 162.9) | 