37 degrees at 2pm today. Planned around a 11-12 miler with about 5 in the middle at below goal M-pace (6:53s). Started out with 3.2 miles in 23:41 (7:24s). Then I added in the same 4 propreiceptive cues that I added yesterday and did 4.6 in 29:25 (6:24s). This was encouraging because what I tried to do was to keep my breathing under control and concentrate on the cues without necessarily paying attention to running quickly. Finished the run with another 3.45 in 24:09 (7:00s -- finishing mile was at m-pace 6:50), followed up with a .5 mile cool down. Total run was 11.75 in 1:20:56 (6:53s -- right on M-pace average, which includes the .5 mile cool down). |