The (Sub)Plan has resurrected and revamped Friday Freedom Runs: according to the schedule, I will always be running on Fridays and the runs will always be easy runs (10:00-10:30/mile pace) of short distance (3-4 miles).
Very apropos.
The weather gods even decided to smile on me, granting a pocket of dappled sunshine in which to run outside. I put my watch and shoes and eschewed music. And I'm glad I did. As you can see, I had a hard enough time going slow without music pumped into my ears.
My goal was to run a 10:00/mile pace; while my average hit it almost on the nose, you can see from the graph that my speed was anything but consistent. My splits were 9:38, 10:09, 10:16, and 10:26, but I ran anywhere from 8:00-12:00/mile in each of those miles.
If I want to break 2 hours at Chicago, I must run just under 9:00/mile for each of the 13.1 miles. Practicing consistency and getting to the place where I can deliver this pace with as little variation as possible seems to be key in accomplishing this goal.
Miles 260.5-264.5: learning that sometimes the slowest are both the hardest and the most important.
By the way, check out Paper Bird. Or, just listen to their song below.
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