A Progression Run

I really wasn't feeling like running today. I had two straight days of softball games on Tuesday and Wednesday night on top of the double yesterday just left me feeling generally sore today. Softball, with all the fast starting and stopping, quick turns, and all out sprinting, usually wreaks havoc on my hamstrings and today was no exception. I was feeling it in my legs. However, the schedule called for 10 miles, so I was going to at least give it a go and see how I felt. I really wanted to do something at a faster than comfortable pace as well. I brought the watch, with the thought that if I didn't feel like using it, I would just keep it turned off.

After about a 3 mile warm-up, I was feeling decent and decided I would start the watch, just to see what kind of pace I was running at. My first mile came through around 6:15, and the second pretty much followed suit. From there, I was feeling good and started to work the pace down to around 6:00 flat. At the 3 mile mark, it was time to turn around and head back in the direction that I was coming. This is usually a good mental boost for me, since moving towards the finish is always better than moving away from it. From there I lowered the pace to around a 5:45 mile and finished strong with a final mile around 5:30. Overall, I did the 5 timed miles at a 5:58 pace. I'm happy with it. I was relatively comfortable the whole time and my legs held up just fine. I finished with a 2 mile cooldown for 9 miles in total.