I ran the 5 mile tempo today. I ran the first mile and a half with Sasha, and ran the rest of it alone. Total time of 26:57 for the tempo. Not very good considering the effort I had to put in to get the time. I have been sick, but I was feeling a little better so I decided to push the pace a little more than normal on the tempo in order to get a feel for how recovered I am. Not as much as I was hoping for. Starting out I hit a 5:39 for the first mile, and it felt way too hard. I then focused on running smooth and not pushing the pace too hard, and I sped up until I was hitting right around 5:20 pace, sometimes a little slower, sometimes a little faster. I maintained this until the end, but to a certain degree I felt like I was fading a bit. This should not be happening when just two Saturdays past I ran a 15 mile tempo, hitting the last 5 miles in 26:40 with a 5:10 last mile, without running all out. Anyhow, it makes me glad that I decided not to run TOU this year, and instead decided to head back to St. George again. Hopefully I will get over whatever it is that is slowing me down soon. 1:07:XX for 10 miles. |