I didn't intend to do a tempo run on Monday but that's how it worked out. My intention was to go out for an easy run and not worry about speed or heart rate or any of that. I just wanted to go out and enjoy a nice jog in the park. I'm not sure what happened but I did my first mile in 9:55 and for some reason I decided I needed to run the second mile faster than that. So I did. Second mile came and went in 9:17. I was still feeling fine but I slowed just a hair and kept up that pace all the way back to the car. I'm still not sure what I was thinking. I get so freaking competitive with myself sometimes that I forget my plan. I did make a conscious effort to not push myself as hard as I did during last weeks tempo run. I had an idea somewhere in my mind that my body needed a bit of a break, and I let it influence me just a little.
The Stats: I did 3.4 miles in 32:29 for an average pace of 9:33. That's just a shade faster than I should be running my tempo runs according to the 5K improvement plan I'm following.
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