Decided to pick up the pace this morning. About a half mile into the run I was feeling really good and told Meg I needed to pick up the pace today to take advantage of feeling good. She stuck with me for about another 3/4 mile and then decided to ease off a bit. I tried to keep the pace around 7:30 for the rest of the run and most of my splits were just a few seconds shy of that. By the last mile I was really working hard to maintain the pace. I can tell I need to do more of this faster work if I am ever going to be able to maintain this pace for a full marathon. My heart rate was higher than normal (for this pace) today too, I think my average for the run was around 173 when it usually would be in the 165 range. Oh well, there are probably too many outside factors that effected the heart rate today like: the wind, overheating in my jacket, etc., to worry too much about the heart rate. Overall it felt like a good effort and it's nice to get some faster miles in.
Time: 7:41/mile | 