Easy Breezy 6 Miles

Well it was definitely breezy but not sure on the easy part!  But we'll get to the run in a minute.  I'm tired of the dark outside pictures on my early morning runs so here I am bright and early getting ready to head outside.  I get up every day at 5am but it's amazing how long it takes me to get out the door.  Gotta check my computer, eat a little something, brush my teeth, get on running clothes, shoes, hat, iPod, watch, water belt, sweat rag, etc.  Then when I get outside, I have to set my music, have my watch locate satellites and stretch a little.  Who knew just getting ready to run could take so long?  Maybe I'll just start sleeping in my running clothes!  :P

Today's run was better than yesterday but still not great.  Legs are still sore but definitely felt better than yesterday.  The run today was a 6 mile 85% effort tempo run.  My goal was a 9:00 pace and I was a little slower than that for the first 4 miles so I pushed it up a little the last 2 miles.  Split times were 9:11, 9:05, 9:07, 9:13, 8:58, 8:28 (9:00 average).  I'm happy with the run but wish I felt a little better.

The funny part about today's run was that when I got to the point where I'm usually at 5 miles, I was off by a quarter of a mile so I was trying to think if I ran a different way (which I did) but I couldn't even remember the route I had taken.  I really had no idea which way I had run until I got home and looked at the GPS route on the computer.  LOL!

Tomorrow is a 5 mile 9:00 steady pace run.  And it's gonna be a good one!!  :D