I met my two friends on the track again today. They did speed work and ran stairs while I ran 5 miles around the track. It's actually not boring with my iPod. I was trying to run a 10:00 mile but got to 2 miles in 20:40, so I had to pick it up at that point. I finished in 49:24, 9:53 pace. However, that includes a last mile in about 9:00, 7:00 pace for the last curve around the track, and a full-on sprint at the end (which felt awesome, by the way!).
I'm finding that I have to concentrate more to hold the 10:00 pace, and that's not as automatic as it was last week. I'm not sure why that is. It still feels good, but it's a change that I have noticed.
For all of you traveling to St. George today (if anybody), have a safe trip! GOOD LUCK in the marathon, although I'm sure everyone will be blogging before then! |