Taking yesterday off turned out to be a good move although I was highly doubting it at the time. Sure it was windy yesterday and my body was screaming for me to take a day off and get some recovery. I didn't even sleep that well after I made the decision not to run and went back to bed. I kept waking up every 10 minutes thinking "I should just get up and go running." Our minds are very powerful things and sometimes our minds want to do what our body is telling us not to do. So in the end I think I made the right choice to get a little more recovery.
Today I was scheduled for a 6 mile tempo run. I hadn't really made up my mind how fast I wanted to try and run the tempo miles today but by about mile two of the warm up I decided I would shoot for all tempo miles under 7:00/mile pace. If I crashed and burned at least I gave it a try. And I really like this quote: "You'll never know if you don't try. And never knowing comes with its own unique torture." So needless to say, I went for it.......and here are my splits: 6:52, 6:50, 6:56, 6:58, 6:57, 6:58. That last 6:58 was a lot of work, I really had to give it up for the last quarter mile to squeek in under 7:00. I think this marks my longest and fastest tempo run to date. It was a hard work out but rewarding to know that I could run a 10K at a 6:55/mile pace or better. My goal for the upcoming Spectrum 10K is to keep it under 43:00. With the generally downhill course I think I have a really good shot. The weather was pretty good this morning at about 45 degrees and 5-10 mph breeze out of the north (as is usually the case).
Time: 7:34/mile | 