I ran easy, but it turned out to be fastest easy run on this route yet. For some unknown reason, I averaged 8:39 pace, faster than Wednesday's progression run. Garmin was out again, and so I ran purely by feel, but my breathing was easy and I slowed a little on the inclines, not pushing it. I'll probably pay for this pace tomorrow on my long run.
I'm encouraging my daughter to set up her own blog on this site, even though she is a swimmer and not a runner. She is having problems with motivation now, having come back after the summer break. She lost a lot more fitness in 6 weeks than she expected, and swam way off her PRs in the first meet of the season last Sunday. She is a little down now - after working so hard last year, she finds herself again towards the end of the pack on her team. Most kids lost some conditioning, but she thinks she lost more than others. She is questioning her commitment to hard training and has doubts if she can ever be good at swimming. It would be good for her to blog about her swimming and read blogs of other high school girls. I don't know if she will do it, but I hope so.
Total time: 1:01:31 (8:39 pace). | 