Reigning It In

OBJECTIVE
13 mi. Slow
6 x 100 meter strides @ 5K pace

ACHIEVED
13.09 mi.@ 8:26/mi.
112 m. 35.94 (8:36/mi.)
112 m. 28.77 (6:53/mi.)
112 m. 29.72 (7:07/mi.)
112 m. 29.24 (7:00/mi.)
112 m. 28.85 (6:54/mi.)
112 m. 26.92 (6:26/mi.)

6:37 AM 61° 81% 7 mph

I ran solo this morning. It some points along the way I was slow and at others I was too fast. It's hard to imagine marathon pace is about a minute per mile slower and the distance is twice as far!

I ran my strides barefoot on what I thought was grass at the YMCA soccer fields. As I ran across the middle of the field, I quickly found it was harder than concrete and a bit bare of grass. I gingerly "strided" across the field; back and forth six times. If anyone at the children's soccer games nearby saw me, I'm sure they had to wonder what in the heck I was doing. This wasn't the best place for strides!

PRE RUN
oatmeal w/brown sugar & skim milk

POST RUN
SlimFast
Later, water, multivitamin, zinc & calcium supplements, vitamin A & D, GrapeNuts w/skim milk