My run was both good and bad today. The plan was to run 6 miles with 4 of the miles to be at least marathon pace or faster. My husband left right after I did and was going to walk three miles. I wanted to beat him home, this would give me the incentive to run the miles faster. First warm up mile was9:06. Next mile was 8:52 about 10 second slower than I wanted. Mile number three was 8:39 right where I wanted to be but this mile has a big down hill so really it should have been faster. At the turn around I now have to run up the hill I just ran down. This mile came in at 9:02 which I count as a marathon pace mile because it was the same effort as marathon pace. At this point I am looking for my husband. This should be close to where I could pass him depending on when he left the house. I run .5 miles and I don't see him. I am starting to get worried that he will beat me home. I speed up. I still don't see him. I speed up. I ask the crossing guard if he had see him. He said that he had not. I speed up. I run a little further and I see him. I speed up. When I get close enough I notice that he is coming toward me. WHAT!?!?! He got caught up in some work and had just left the house 20 minutes earlier and had only walked a mile. So I had won the race but it didn't feel like a victory at all. I ran the fifth mile in 8:21. I wonder how fast it would have been if I had not talked to the crossing guard. I ran the final mile in 8:31. This run was good in that I met my goal but bad because it felt like I was running A LOT faster than I really was especally that 5th mile.
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