Wonderful morning for a run. Alas my training did not warrant the time that a day like today deserves. Still I'm right about where I thought I would be so I at least I'm still good at guaging my pace/endurance. There is lot of work to be done. I take solice from the fact that I ran over 2 minutes slower in this race in 2007, and still ran a 3:19 in the marathon 4 months later. Stranger things have happened.
As I said I knew I wasn't in great shape so I went out easy. However, perhaps a little too easy. First mile was 7:15 pace, which was also due to congestion issues. I will never understand why someone who is running 1 10+ minute mile pace decides to push towards the front! On the second mile I picked it up, and also in the 3rd, stuggled through #4, just about held it together in mile 5, and then pushed with everything I had in the tank. That last mile was at about 6:30 pace, but it shouldn't have felt that tough to average 7:01 for a 10K. Its 3 weeks until the 10 miler that is the Run for the Water. I have set myself a goal to run faster than I did today. Let's see if i can do it!
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