AM: 6k (3.75miles) in 8:36 pace ave in 30 min. Very hilly route around my house. I am trying to keep good form even when taking a hill easy. Kids have been exchanging a cold and I felt really tired in the morning so took a hairy long morning nap and felt better when I woke up. PM: 3 miles at 10k pace: 5k at 10k pace since I am a k convert. Usually warm up/cool down 30 min but did 5k instead. Total run was 15.36 k. Wanted 4:37-4:39 for my k's but that sounded daunting. It seemed like there was a strong headwind on the way out (did a turn around at 2.5k), but in HK it seems like there is always a headwind. You think you have one then you turn around and you still have one. Maybe that is a casualty of running fast :D you make your own wind. . . HA anyway. Today was windy for real. Going out into the wind: 3:39.7 (have an underpass in this k), 3:37.7 (have another underpass on this one, started this one way too fast, so ave pace for this lap was getting slower all the time, trying to get in a relaxed/unrelaxed place. 10k pace is weird because it has to be sustainable discomfort), 3:39.3 (180 turn around slowed me down, had to claw back to sub 4:40), 4:41.9 (underpass ended the k which means I ended at the top of a hill, disappointed to be above 4:40 and want to give up), 3:36.4 (have to go bathroom, disappointed in the 4th k, underpass in this k, thought this k was going to be horrible but somehow I bounce back). 18:15 total, 3:39 ave pace. Not bad, I was disappointed in the 4th k, but then I also thought it was a 4:43 or 4:44. Also, I mapped this run, and there is a slight decline in the 2nd k and incline on the 4th k, so that perfectly explains the variation in splits. So there! You can see my map if you are curious: http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/51393104
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