I hate humidity. It was about 65 degrees and 8500% humidity (ok, really just 85%) this morning. YUCK!<br><br>
8 miles with 4 at 15k-1/2 M tempo pace ... that's what was on the schedule today. So I did a 3.1 mile warmup which ended at the track so I could easily (HA!) do the tempo part without it being hilly. Apparently I was stuck in the same gear for the first 2 miles on the track, doing 8:35's when I should have been doing 8:10-8:20! <img alt="sad.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/sad.gif"> Managed to bump up the speed a bit and did 8:13 and then 7:58. But I pushed that last one like I was racing a mile and that's all I could do. Chugged along another 1.2 miles home for a total of 8.3 for the day.<br><br>
I could blame it on the heat/humidity, but I think my speed has gone North for the summer ... it certainly doesn't seem to be around these days!
8 miles with 4 at 15k-1/2 M tempo pace ... that's what was on the schedule today. So I did a 3.1 mile warmup which ended at the track so I could easily (HA!) do the tempo part without it being hilly. Apparently I was stuck in the same gear for the first 2 miles on the track, doing 8:35's when I should have been doing 8:10-8:20! <img alt="sad.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/sad.gif"> Managed to bump up the speed a bit and did 8:13 and then 7:58. But I pushed that last one like I was racing a mile and that's all I could do. Chugged along another 1.2 miles home for a total of 8.3 for the day.<br><br>
I could blame it on the heat/humidity, but I think my speed has gone North for the summer ... it certainly doesn't seem to be around these days!