Notes
Pretty surprised with the outcome of this run. First of all I really was dreading the run. My legs were tired, I was tired and it was dark out. I decided to run the loop backwards for something different, plus I was dreading the Mt. Soledad hill. Anyway, I ran the Soledad extension (1.48 miles) in 10:58.97 (7:25.3 pace) to start out. I ran this in 10:40.67 (7:12.9 pace) to end my run on Tuesday and that was the hard part. Today's was easier. Needless to say I wasn't feeling good going into the rest of the 4.33 miles. However, things started to click at about eight minutes and I got into a good rhythm. Although my legs weren't feeling great, I was just settling into a pace. I ended up running the loop in a new PR of 29:44.15 (6:52.0 pace). Very happy with this. So the four times I have run this 4.33-mile loop have been like this:
April 13 - 33:05.14 (7:38.5 pace)
April 15 - 31:12.86 (7:12.5 pace)
April 22 - 30:30.71 (7:02.8 pace)
April 26 - 29:44.15 (6:52.0 pace)
Not planning on going any faster, but we'll see. All together I ran the 5.81 miles about 28 seconds faster than Tuesday (April 22). Legs will probably be sore tomorrow.