We ran on the canal this morning. It was very nice outside, surprisingly. Unfortunately, my performance was terrible. It was all I could do to keep a 10-minute mile. I did 4 pick-ups for a minute each. The first two were at 8:45-8:50 pace, the third was 8:20-8:30, and the fourth was barely below 9:00. I think some of the reasons for the poor performance were: restless sleep last night, running yesterday afternoon at 3:00 (not enough rest/recovery), followed by one set each of squats and lunges (I'm sore!), and no food before I ran this morning. Total running time was 59:50, which was an average pace of 9:52. It was really discouraging, and I'm hoping tomorrow will be better.
I ran with my new Garmin, but the heart rate monitor didn't work! I'll have to play with it tonight and see if I can figure it out.
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