Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Sloooowwww!

Wow, I've gotten slow.  I attempted a tempo run this morning.  So, I knew that I wouldn't be cranking out 6:30 tempo runs like I was doing in prep for the Country Music Marathon.  That just wasn't a realistic expectation because I took what amounted to about 5 weeks off and because it is STINKING HOT!  So I opted for a more modest 7:00 pace.

I was struggling after 2 miles at that pace.  Really.  Struggling.  But I made it 3 miles at about a 6:55 overall pace. But I couldn't have maintained that for much longer.  I have work to do.  I'm pretty sure that I need to give up on 3:00 this year. It just doesn't seem realistic at this point.

I was glad to have Matt there to endure the misery with me.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Saw you this morning....Jon and I were getting gas at Jiffy's as you ran by...we had just finished up....and you are correct....it was brutal this morning!

Jeff

rundanrun said...

Heat and humidity, my pace is off also. I am counting on a bounce when weather cools off. Gut it out now and it will payoff this fall with some good times, at least this is what I hope.