Wednesday means speed or tempo and today was a tempo run day. Plan called for 7 miles with 5 at tempo pace of 7:05/mile. As usual I was a little worried about getting through this workout. Here are the splits: 8:20, 7:01, 6:56, 7:01, 6:57, 7:01, 7:52. As you can see I survived but it wasn't easy. I made some discoveries during this run that will hopefully help me to improve. I found that when my mind started to wander and think about the pain, I would lose concentration and my turnover seemed to slow down. If I got my mind focused back on keeping the leg turn over quick then I was able to increase my speed with out additional effort. I really tried to concentrate on my form today and keep my mind off the pain and it really seemed to help. Felt pretty tired by the end, but as usual, I felt really good as well, speed work does that to ya.
Time: 51:11 7:19/mile | 