Well, I felt much better today, and it showed on my run. I don't know if I was just excited to get back to my schedule or not, but as my run progressed, I slowly picked up the pace. I also suspect that the first two miles of my run are each slightly more than a mile, the second two are about a mile, and the last is actually a bit less than a mile, so it is a good thing I am not timing my splits any more. Total time for today's run: 39:00, for an average pace of 7:48/mile. I intende to take Sasha's advice and build up to 6 miles, 5 days a week, with a long run on Saturdays. However, this is going to take me several weeks to build up so that I don't overdo it on the mileage. I am considering changing my MW runs to 5 miles this week, however, instead of 3.5, and then will do 7-8 on Saturday. |