Yesterday was kind of warm here in Birmingham. I think I was told it was around 90 when I left work yesterday afternoon to go for my run. My middle of the week runs rarely get above 5-6, even though I have high mileage on my schedule, it's usually chopped up to two or three runs. But yesterday I decided to go out and run my 10 miles all at once. At 4pm. In 90 degrees.
I'm actually pretty happy with how it turned out. Not far from my office is a public park that has a 5k course on it. It's setup for cross-country race meets, so it's a bit mixed terrain that is accurately marked out. I decided to see if I could run pretty even splits, which is something I struggle with. I tend to start out at a good pace, but then die at the end. Doesn't matter how slow I start, I always wind up dying. But I tried to push some yesterday, and my 5k splits were 33, 33 and 36. I can live with that!
I think the credit though belongs to my wife. She called me early in the first lap to say that she just got a new job!!!! Somehow that seemed to help my pace a lot! God and I had about an hour and a half yesterday on the trail for me to thank Him and to discuss how to use this blessing in the most responsible way. I'm so excited at the thoughts!!!
You'd think though that this stuff would get easier. I've run just short of 500 miles so far this year, and I'm exhausted today. I'm not sore (which is great!) but every move seems to take twice the energy it should.
Much thanks to my running wife (Judy) for being game to walk this morning so I could rest up some!
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