I didn't feel very good today, so I ran near my house rather than with the group run in Emmaus. It was an easy five miler, which I often seem to dread. I like a challenging run. The weather was close to perfect though, I will say that.
I started off nice and easy and was really cruising around. It was certainly a good pace through the first two miles. Because I was bored, I decided to focus on form. I think my form really tends to get sloppy in easy runs. It should be smooth all the time. The book I recently read by Arthur Lydiard talked about "running tall." That just what I focused on doing. It seemed to make my back a little sore, but I was definitely smooth and faster with little effort. I need to keep working on this. I definitely need to start doing more form drills to keep sharp too.
A friend ran a half marathon over the weekend and her watch said she ran .23 miles farther than the half marathon distance. Since I was bored during this run, I focused on running tangents where I could. That would be good practice for races and could eliminate the problems that she had. It gave me something to do as well.
Again, the hills were easy. I barely noticed them. I kept my effort the same, but naturally my pace increased. I went from clicking off 9 minute miles early on to a speedy 4th mile under 8:30. The last mile was a little challenging as I just didn't feel like I had a lot of energy. I got through it though. Sometimes, that's all you can do.
Tomorrow, is a 4 mile progression run with the last 10 minutes at moderate pace. That should be a more interesting workout. I might up to even run the last 10 minutes uphill. To do that, I'd likely have to go to Lehigh and run up South Mountain. That's definitely a possibility. I'm also cat sitting tomorrow, so the run will have to come in the afternoon.
5 miles - 44: 21 (8:52 pace)
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