5.25mi, 49:57, 26 MAY 10, Colonial Heights, Virginia

iThink:
Los Campesinos, "The Sea is a Good Place To Think of the Future"
Hilary Duff, "Wake Up"

WX at 0600: 59.0 (15.0) DP 55.9 (13.3) BP 30 (1015) NNE 3 RH 89

Odometer 2: 123.4mi

Z3.
Average/max heart rate = 148/165

Today was a day where I was still feeling Monday and Sunday's collective runs, but I needed to get back out there and get at it. If I didn't, I risked falling back into old bad habits of Doing Nothing But Eating, and my dad's insistence that we go to a nice restaurant last night meant that I went to an Italian place where I know I ate too much, especially for a rest day.

I expect four rest days this weekend, so it's probably in my best interest that I do something productive this week.

Still, today's pace did not feel particularly hard, and only near the end did I start running at what I consider a reasonably normal pace for the last mile and half, but not coincidentally, it was around the 45 minute point and I was fully warmed up. I could feel the shift, like I usually do into any substantial run. The weather also helped plenty.

That shift, by the way, is also the reason why I don't do CrossFit. This run was important for physically unloading. I have plenty of rage already and I don't think CrossFit would help much on that.

Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:57 09:57 09:57 09:57 1.00
1.00 19:30 09:33 09:33 09:45 2.00
1.00 29:18 09:48 09:48 09:46 3.00
1.00 39:01 09:43 09:43 09:45 4.00
1.00 47:53 08:52 08:52 09:35 5.00
0.25 49:57 02:04 08:16 09:31 5.25