As I wrote in yesterdays post today is supposed to be a hot day so I decided to wake up early to get this run out of the way before anyone else in the house was even awake. Today's long run exceeded my expectations generously. I did some ankle exercises along with keeping my left leg elevated last night but this morning there was still some pain. As usual though it turned out to be nothing I guess I will just have to get used to some dull pain as my training progresses. I wanted to run a nine minute per mile pace for the first half hour, a eight forty five minute per mile pace for the second thirty minutes and to wrap up with a fast eight and a half minute per mile for the final half hour. Well, this never materialized, the run felt so good almost the entire time that I was able to run negative splits comfortably at a faster pace. I tried to take the first two miles slowly which I think really benefitted me the rest of the run. Around mile eight which also happened to have one of the biggest hills of my run today I saw another runner. We passed each other and waved as he was coming down the hill and I was going up. My route has me turning around to avoid a busy road and running straight up the tough hill again immediately. For the next mile I used this guy as a pacer. It slowed me down a little but around the end of mile eight he turned right and I turned left and my last two miles were also my fastest clocking in at an 8:07 for mile nine and a 7:57 for mile ten. I am proud of how well my training has gone so far and I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that I am training right this time. Next week is a pull back and then we will up the mileage again. I have two days off before I run again on Tuesday so I can enjoy the warm weather the rest of today and tomorrow.
10 miles in 1:24:09
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