Well, I went ahead and tried to do my first mile at 5 mile race pace, which was probably a mistake given how I was feeling this morning. I think that had I had enough energy and been feeling 100%, I would have been able to sustain the pace I ran. As it was, I had to stop for about 30 seconds and catch my breath, then treated the rest of the run like an easy run. First mile was in 7:02, total time was 25:07 for an average pace of 7:50/mile. However, the second 2.2 miles were run at an average of 8:12/mile, a bit better. I am going to hold off on my 3 mile time trial for another week, given my current state of health, and am instead going to do an easy run. |