This morning I ran with Barry at the start of the Pocatello Marathon Course on Crestview Rd. We ran the backside of it down Pocatello Creek Rd. Very windy and cold and it knocked your pace a bit. Down the hill we were averaging 6:20ish to 6:30ish pace. Then at mile 6 I took off to try to get some faster miles in with the nice headwind. 6:30 - (mostly downhill) wind was pretty strong and I wanted to warm-up the legs before going faster.
6:10 - (mostly downhill) felt easy but still fighting the wind, but not pushing very hard. 5:59 - (flat and downhill) not feeling bad. Trying to shorten my stride to get a faster turn over rate. 5:52 - (flat) The wind was still pushing against me and my hands were getting cold at this point even with gloves on. Don't really know how I felt in this mile, but I know I didn't feel fatigue or anything. 6:14 - (flat) Turned on Highway 30 and hit an awful headwind. I slowed down the first half feeling I wanted to end the faster miles, but the second half of the mile I decided to push to feel like I'm getting serious about my training. To even get a 6:14 I really pushed the last part. 6:32 - (flat and uphill) Slowed down this mile to see if a slower pace would fatigue my body. It was very easy. 6:23 - (flat) Picked it back up again a bit. 6:37 - (flat) Just decided to run whatever this mile. Was thinking about how busy I would be at work today. (meetings, meetings). 6:14 - (flat) Wanted to finish off a bit faster. Totals 14.32 at an overall 6:26 pace in 1:32.
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