Notes
I ran on the Hilliard rail trail bike path today. Originally, I wanted to see if my wife wanted to rollerblade while I ran but she wasn't interested. Since I had it in my head that I'd be running there today, I went there by myself instead. Yup, still boring. At least it was in the high 70s and sunny so it made for a nice day to run a short out and back (with no coverage or trees whatsoever). I think my concept of pace is entirely broken right now. I wanted to run around 7 to 7:15 mile pace for 4-5 miles. Went through the first mile in 6:33 so I told myself "ok, slow down a little now." I thought I did but at the 2 mile mark, I was at 13:07 or thereabouts. So much for slowing down. "Ok, NOW slow down a bit... I could average 7:30 miles and still finish a 4 mile run at a 7 minute mile average." 3 mile mark arrived and my watch read 19:39. At that point I said "screw it, I'll just finish at the same pace and call it a day." Overall, I felt good. Hopefully, I'm still fresh for the Monday night CRC run tomorrow night. I figured that will be my last chance to get a good long run in before I go on vacation and have to run by myself in the sweltering heat of Myrtle Beach. Not that I'm complaining!