Ugh!

Today's run was a 4 mile 8:45 pace run.  And it was just difficult from the first step.  My legs were sore.  Not really sure why since yesterday was a rest day.  And after I got warmed up a little and my legs stopped hurting, then I could feel the blisters on my feet.  But that annoyance was soon overtaken by my inability to breathe.  I was just having a hard time keeping the pace.  I even stopped for a minute at mile 2 to catch my breath.  (Taking a picture was an excellent excuse for a quick break.)  It was pretty warm (81°) and humid so maybe that was a factor.  No matter - it wasn't the best run of all times but tomorrow will be better.  :)

Split times today were 8:44, 8:41, 8:40, 8:37 so I did keep the pace but it was extremely difficult.  And I usually try to run the last mile quite a bit faster and I just didn't have it in me today.

Tomorrow is a 6 mile 85% effort tempo run.  Think I'm gonna try to run it at about a 9:00 pace.