I did not want to run today. I just wasn't feeling it. I had a busy morning and early afternoon and I was tired. I think because I was only scheduled to run 5 miles I felt like I could blow it off. It was a recovery week so it didn't seem as important to get in. I was pretty much resigned not to run today.
But I just told myself to get up and go. I'm so glad I did. I ran my 5 miles averaging just shy of a 11 minute a mile pace. I've been running with a coworker who runs a bit slower than me (12 minute miles) so my pace has naturally slowed down a bit to stay with her. I feel like I've gotten used to running at this pace. It felt good to get back to my usual 11 minute mile pace.
As I came upon 3.4 miles I was feeling really strong. I told myself to push it and see how fast I could go. I was shocked when I was keeping a 9:40 pace for the last 1.6 miles.
This was much faster than I normally run. It felt awesome. It got me thinking that maybe I should put in some speed work into my training. For so long I've just said that I've been happy to RUN that I didn't care how fast (or slow) I went, as long as I was running. Today's run sparked a bit of fire in me. I think when I start training for my next half marathon (11 weeks from my first one!) that I will add in a tempo run each week.
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