Today was another 5 am morning. I missed yesterday's 5 mile tempo run with Michelle because I got stuck out in Vernal due to weather so I didn't make it home until 11:30 yesterday. I decided that I would do the tempo today and see how I could do. Today I turned 33 so I thought I would try and run under 33 minutes. I know that the guys in St. George go out and run the age in miles, but I didn't feel like going and running to Nephi! I know that it seems like an easy task to go and run 5 miles under 33 min, but with my running over the last 3 months it seemed impossible. Last year at this time I was running half marathons at an average pace of 6:19, so this would have been easy last year. I ran into Payson on Canal Rd for a mile and then stretched and then ran back into Salem on Canal Rd and made the 5 mile square loop and then cooled down for 1 mile back to the house. Splits Mile 1 - 6:29
Mile 2 - 6:27
Mile 3 - 6:25
Mile 4 - 6:28 (this mile has a slight incline for about .25)
Mile 5 - 6:11 Average Pace 6:24 - Running Time 32:00.64 I am very happy with today's tempo run, I really think that with some good miles each week I will be back to where I was in October before to long. This workout felt hard but not throw up hard. I felt like I could have ran faster or longer at this pace. I think that the cold weather slows a person down a little too. So I ran 5 miles under my age, so goal accomplished!!!! | 