I tried something different. I ran without my watch on. I was going to do the whole run just timing the start and finish but then I decided to push the button and certain points but not look at the time. My goal was to run negative splits and to go faster. Let's see how I did. I pushed the button first at the 2 mile mark- 18:12. Seeing that I am surprised because I was trying to hold back. My turn-a-round point has always been baed upon my perceived pace but this time I guessed. 3 mile mark time 9:06 (I was trying to speed up so this might have been a bit long). 4 mile time 9:08. 5th mile 9:24 (I could tell I wa struggling). So my goal to do a negative split was not achieved but the total time of 45:50 was way faster than I have done 5 miles in quite some time! |