I sure hope that when I wake up 5 weeks from today I feel a whole lot better than I did this morning. I could tell right when I got out of bed that it was going to be a tough run today. I was hoping to get in a nice mp run today, but just wasn't feeling it. I headed out the door anyways and did one warm up mile which helped get me feeling a little better. The wind this morning wasn't any help either. Then I started into my mp paced miles and I just could not quite hit mp this morning. This lead to negative thoughts, wondering how I ever ran a 1/2 marathon in Jan. averaging 6:25 per mile and if I needed to adjust my marathon goal pace. On the 9th mile at mp when I only hit 6:59, I did do one smart thing. I called it a day and did a cool down mile. I was planning on 11 mp miles, but I figured there was no use hurting myself trying to get in those last 2 miles. Total run 11 miles, 1:17:35 9 miles at not quite mp, AP 6:51 I'm hoping my legs were just tired from my race/run on Saturday. |