By the time I felt like running the heat had really gone up outside. So I went to the gym to run on the treadmill. I wanted to go 6 miles. I had only run 5 miles once on a treadmill and usually never go over 4. I really hate running on the treadmill. As far as pacing I wrote down a few notes on what speed I would have to run to average X minutes per mile. So I hope I did all the math correctly. But in the end the treadmill's odometer and my watch splits seemed to come together in the end.
I increased speed every 1/2 mile for 3 miles. The 4th mile I ran the same pace. Then backed it down every half mile for the last 2 miles.
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.5
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8:27
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.5
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8:13
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1 @ 8:20
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.5
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8:00
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.5
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7:42
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1 @ 7:51
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.5
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7:30
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.5
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7:14
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1 @ 7:22
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.5
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6:59
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.5
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6:59
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1 @ 6:59
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.5
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7:14
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.5
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7:30
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1 @ 7:22
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.5
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7:42
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.5
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8:00
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1 @ 7:51
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So in the end it was 6miles in 45:45 at an average of 7:38 per mile.
This was a tough pace for me to maintain. I wanted to quit several times. But I did not. I hate the treadmill, but was glad to have run faster than I have been lately. I wonder if I could do the same on the road.
Went out tonight around 9:30pm. Legs felt good overall. Not tired from earlier today. Unfortunately for the first time in awhile my leg started to hurt. One step nothing, then the next I could feel something. It lasted from the 1 mile mark until the end of my run. I can still feel it 30 minutes later. Hopefully it will feel better after I get some sleep. Too bad tonight is the first Midnight, because sleep is still several hours away.
3.12 - 8:38, 8:16, 8:27, :56 - 26:19 - 8:26 avg. | 