What a beautiful day for a run, today was a recovery run so I tried to take it easy on Sasha's advise and try and hold it around a nine minute mile. It was perfect this mourning, ran in shorts and it was comfortable. I decided to try a longer run today since I haven't run a double digit run for awhile. I started out nice and easy just trying to get loosened up. The course I went on today is a fun one, it has lots of little hills and ups and downs in it. The last two miles I worked on mechanics and my stride, I tried to just get everthing working together and I was surprised to see how easy it was. I thought I was tired but the last two splits were the fastest with hardly any effort, I don't do enough of that, working on my form to get maximum use from forming a rythum that seems effortless. My splits went as follows; 8:55, 9:00, 8:47, 8:54, 8:59, 8:44, 8:52, 8:52, 8:10, 8:17. Total time was 1:27:38 with an average pace of 8:46. I also walked 18 holes of golf at hobblecreek golf course today in Springville, and it is pretty hilly, so between that and my run I had a good productive workout.
Heart rate average;142
See ya on Monday | 