Well now, that was fun! The car informed me that it was 58° as I drove the 3 miles to the trails at 7am - thats downright chilly for Tallahassee in late Sept. After racing Saturday, riding easy Sunday, and failing epically yesterday in doing anything at all, I figured it would be a good day for a strong 5 miler, so I went out fast (for me right now) from the start. First mile was 7:36, and from there I dropped to 7:22, 7:18, 7:16 and 7:18, with an easy cooldown the final .4 back to the parking lot. I wish that I got a run in yesterday, but this run was very satisfying, and I'm not sure I would have been up for it had I run the 6 miles I was planning for yesterday. Pace was about 20 seconds per mile faster than the 8K race a month ago, and I felt much better this morning than I did during that race. Followed it up with a nice breakfast visit with Bret who was in town for a meeting. Things are tripping along nicely - have a good day. |