10.24.2008

5mi, <1 hr

I actually had a good run yesterday.  The rest of my world is somewhat crashing down, but, psh.

Slightly over 5 miles, slightly under 1 hour (58:30).  Works out to just under 11:40 pace - that's (I'm pretty certain) my best long-run pace ever.  Last time I did 6 it took 1:16+.  I think yesterday I could have done a sixth mile in less than 18 minutes haha.

Splits (look out, they're *mostly* negative!)
11:55
11:39
11:55 (made a water pit stop so a couple stops restarts of the watch could have added a little time)
11:49 (felt SLOW)
11:10 (felt amazing!)

I was breathing pretty hard the last 1/4 mile or so but it felt so good.  This run makes me feel a little better about Saturday.  Now I know it (probably) won't take me like an hour and a half.  1:10 would be amazing but I know can't keep that 11:10 stuff up for 6.2 miles yet... 

Eek. Just checked the weather for Sunday and it looks like 28mph winds and rain. Grreat.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great work on the run!
The weather looks rather bad, but you probably won't notice once you are running.

There is a Norwegian saying... There is no such thing as bad weather. There is only bad clothing.

(usually works for me when I need an excuse to go shopping for running gear)

Aaron Cunningham said...

That's a great run. I'm behind the power curve here. Hope Saturday went well!!!