I ran 9 miles today in 1:08:02. I decided to run an all out 400 at the beginning of my workout to see where I am at speed wise. My problem is that I have been running so little mileage that in running 38 miles from Monday to Friday I had run more miles in 5 days than I had run in any given week this entire year. In summation, my legs felt dead. Even during my warm up I felt tired when running a few strides. I started the 400, and by the 200 mark I felt like I had nothing left. I tried to push the last 200, but my legs would not respond and I finished in 63 seconds. The positive is that I ran the same time as I ran a week or so ago. The negative is that I could only run a 63. Womens 1500's in the diamond league have been closing in 61 for the last 400. I then went to finish my run, running a hard mile from mile 6-7 in 5:41. Normally I would have been disappointed with that time, but the mile is slow with lots of turns, uphill/downhill, and there was some wind as well. To top it off I was dumb and left to run later than I should have, and the sun really drained my energy today. In sum, I was actually content with the mile time and was just happy to be done with it. I weighed myself when I got home and I only weighed 114 pounds, which explains some of my struggles during the hard mile (dehydration leads to overheating, which makes you slow). After drinking some water I was over 117 pounds, and I started to feel more normal. | 