10 miles this morning on the Pittman wash trail. I ran a three mile tempo during the second half of the run hitting mile splits of 6:00, 5:29, 5:17. Total time for the run of 1:10:48. I am not sure what to think about the tempo, as the 5:17 didn't feel like I was killing myself despite the fact that the particular section of trail that mile fell on is slow. However, the 6:00 opening mile felt much harder than it should have. On top of this I have felt rather strange lately, almost as if I really have to push myself just to run at a pace that should come with little to no effort. I wonder if the lack of racing over the past 2 months has effected me, along with the minor injury I had recently in my right calf.that limited my mileage and speed work. Half of what I am going through may be just mental, so I think that I need to run a time trial or race to set things right. | 