Back home and a warm/humid day (76, sunny). Today I planned a 4 mile tempo run. I felt kind of tired with lack of energy starting. After a 2 mile warmup I was feeling a little better. The goal for the tempo was 4 miles at 6:50 pace. I started the tempo and increased the pace to what I thought was goal pace but came through the first mile in 7:17 way off pace. I picked it up a little too much for the second mile and ran it in 6:37. I settled back down to target pace but the effort felt way harder than what I thought it should for this pace. I am not sure if it is just being tired from the extra miles this week, the heat or maybe a combination on both. Anyway, I expected that I would be able to run this pace and not feel like I was pushing. I thought it would be comfortablely hard. I will give this workout another shot next week and see how it goes. Here are the splits:
1st - 7:17
2nd - 6:37
3rd - 6:51
4th - 6:54
Overall 61:27 | 