Today was mostly easy, with 1 mile at a faster pace in the middle. I didn't wear the heart rate monitor today so no feedback there. I had a headwind for most of the first half of the run on the Pittman Wash, but after about 4 miles the wind started to shift and by 4.5 miles I had a nice solid tailwind. The only problem was that I turned around at 5 miles and once again had a headwind, which lasted for the remainder of my run. I ran my faster mile just after turning around. I ran a little faster than I normally would have because there was a guy running in the same direction up in front of me and I got exited. It was also kind of fun to push against the wind for a little while (the wind had some nasty gusts that hit me, but it was not consistent so I don't know how much it slowed me down). I finished that mile in 5:44, after which I finished running home with a total time of 1:16:07 for 10 miles. |