9.4 miles at an 6:31 pace in 1 hour. Christmas Eve and the weather wanted to give us a whiter Christmas than we already were going to have. I ran in a heavy wind (25 to 30 mph wind gusts) and snow today it was really a tough run. I originally wanted to do a tempo run but when I saw the weather I thought no way. I slept in today and left around 10am, because I'm making this a major cut-back week to enjoy the family. I will only be running once a day this week and nothing on Christmas Day.
The first 5 miles were in a headwind and tons of snow coming down and I averaged a 6:45 pace. The last four miles were in a cross wind and I wanted to end them with a strong run. Splits were (6:16, 6:01, 6:24 and 6:16) all in all a pretty decent run on Christmas Eve. The effort was tougher than normal at this pace. Merry Christmas very one!!!!!!!!! |