It was only 74 degrees when I awoke this morning, so I had to do another outside run. I decided to do the same 8 mile run I did on Fri. While running I realized this would be a good way to test RW's heat and pace theory. I tried to run at the same effort level I did Friday, which I would say was at the hard end of Easy. I ended up averaging 22 secs per mile faster when the temp was 20 degrees cooler. There were other factors as well though. I took water with me today and I ate before I ran today. Friday I had no water, almost died, and I ran without eating before hand. So while I was a bit faster in the cooler temp. (but not nearly as fast as RW's predictions) there were also other factors that helped me be faster.
8 hilly miles 1:04:55 | 