Ran in the evening. Just did not feel up for a run in this morning. So I did all my miles at once. Wanted to get it done so I could get back to the house just before the kids went to sleep. I set a faster pace right from the get go. Maintained it on mile 2. Then got the silly idea to see if I could do the run with an average of 7:30 per mile. That would tie my post high school PR for a 10 mile run. When I run I only look at my watch for my mile splits. So I generally run by feel. I knew I had to run faster to hit a 7:30 average. Only twice did a mile split end up slower than the mile before it. I guess this could be considered a progression run...but not real sure. Someone let me know. Anyway I ended up with a 1:13:55 (7:23 avg.). This broke my previous best of 1:15:05 (7:30 avg.). That was a different course. It has a few more hills, but I think this was still a better effort overall. Here are some random numbers from today's run. Not sure what they mean but I liked looking at them anyway. Miles 1 & 2
| 15:25:21 | Miles 3 & 4
| 15:00:47 | Miles 5 & 6
| 14:51:00 | Miles 7 & 8
| 14:27:25 | Miles 9 & 10
| 14:11:42 |
1st 5 miles - 37:50:12 (7:34 avg)
2nd 5 miles - 36:05:23 (7:13 avg)
Negative Split of 1:44:89  | 