Mixed feelings about this run today. I thought that after 2 days of not running I'd feel refreshed and ready to take on the world. I actually thought I'd have to stop myself from running too long of a distance since I'm running about 17 tomorrow and wanted to save some energy for that run.
Not so. I left at 9am for my run after the kids went to school. Took the IPOD, picked a 2.8 mile loop was going to do it 2x. Started off stiff, legs heavy and stayed that way! I felt worse today than I did a couple days after my 20 miler. I thought that after running 20 min. for sure I'd get into it, but didn't happen. I finished the loop once, but then just ran another side street to add a little more distance. The highlight of the run was drenching myself in a water fountain at mile 3 towards the end. Ended up with 3.6 mi. at about 9:30 pace. I'm happy that my pace is a little faster than my recent runs, but not sure what to make of it. This pace seems to be between my easy run & tempo run pace- so what do you do with that?!
So I'm kinda frustrated. Maybe I need to meet up with the SG Running Club next week at one of their track workouts and have someone help me with a tempo run so I can get to know my tempo pace?
Heat was probably a factor. The thermo said 84 degrees which is not uncommon for me to run in at 6am, so I wasn't worried. But I think because I was running black asphalt it heated up really fast. I wonder if I could have run farther if it was cooler.. | 