6:10am 59 Degrees I love this weather! avg pace 9:42
1: 10:20
2:10:28
3: 8:56
4: 9:09
.75: 9:34
I learned a few things on this run
1. yellow dog will ignore old road kill, but new road kill he will pick up and shake around...ewww!
2. sometimes all you need to do is smack a dog in the face and he will leave your dog alone
3. If I repeat in my head over and over, "I'm not going that fast" I calm down and actually run faster, and my breathing is not labored and I dont get a cramp.
I realized today that I have been equating speed with injury. For example, I saw my watch say 8 something pace (at some point it said 7:30) I started to freak out. kinda of like, I'm going to fast! I may not finish if I keep this pace up, I'm going to hurt myself. I ignored my watch for mile 3 and look how well I did. I watched my watch and freaked out about breathing during mile 4 and look I lost time. My threshold time is 8:55. I even remember thinking these thoughts during my last 1/2 marathon. Miles 2-through maybe 5 9can't remember) were either below 9 or were in that vicinity.
New goal--stop thinking that I can't go fast. Oh and I noticed that when I stopped thinking about running I was running well--I was picking up my feet instead of my knees. I was going faster and loving it...it wasn't till I was like wait--I feel like I'm going waaay to fast where my breathing got off. | 