Quite pleasantly, my legs didn’t feel too weak or sore this morning just a couple of days after my long run. Usually a non-running day in between runs suffices for recovery, but I wasn’t sure if I had overtaxed myself on Sunday. Seems like I didn’t.
I made pretty good time at my first two splits, which were around 5:25 and 12:20, respectively, but then I seemed to wander mentally over the next segment, so I was around 20:15 for the third split. I had really hoped to come in about a minute faster for that split, since that would put me in a strong position to set a new personal record for this route.
Over the next nine-tenths of a mile or so, I made good time, but I wasn’t able to make up as much as I’d like, since I kept hitting traffic at the intersections with signals, and had to wait for five cars to turn in front of me at one point. Still, I knew it was the slow third segment of my run, rather than having to wait on cross-traffic, that was keeping me from my objective.
I hit the final split at around 27:30, with about a half-mile to go. At this point I tried to hunker down mentally and keep my concentration on running harder, and it felt pretty good to still have a lot of energy to go faster. I probably made up a fair amount of time in this final stretch, and wound up finishing in 30:39, which is almost half a minute slower than my personal best for this course, but still a decent time.
Today’s stats:
- Distance run: 3.98 miles
- Time: 30:39
- Average speed: 7.8 mi/h
- Average pace: 7:42/mi
- Calories burned: 578
Keep on chugging! New records will come soon.