5.05 mile out and back for a total run of 10.1 in 1:11:08 (7:02s). Out in 36:20 (7:11s) and back in 34:48 (6:53s). This run felt moderately hard, a controlled sense of strained. More like a tempo run than anything else. My goal was to pick a pace and stick to it through the run, such that as my body warmed up the run got easier, instead of keeping the same sense of effort so that as I warmed up I got faster. I would say I was moderately successful at this (9 seconds/mile faster on the way back isn't that much different. Time was 1pm, little to no wind and hot 78 degrees.
(Nike Elite - 24.1) |