I hate to admit it, but I'm a bit disappointed in my run today...
I decided to try something a little different with my treadmill run today. First, I decided I was going to run these 3 miles as fast as I could. This meant starting at a much faster pace than I'm used to starting with and keeping it for as long as possible. The second change was to do it without my ipod. As much as I love the distraction of music, I really wanted to focus all of my thoughts on running... an attempt to motivate myself as I ran instead of waiting for my music selection to inspire me. My first two miles started out great, but just past the 2 mile mark, I wasn't sure I could hold on any longer. I suppose my large dinner could be to blame for that. But, for the first time, I actually had to bump the speed setting back down for a few minutes. It may have been an unrealistic goal, but I was really hoping to run in the 24's. Unfortunately, with my reduced speed, I just wasn't able to pull it off and ended up just over 25 minutes. I suppose I shouldn't be too disappointed with an 8:22 mile pace, but if I'd held my original pace just a little bit longer, I really think I could have finished 6 seconds faster. I suppose that just gives me a goal to shoot for next time.
In addition to that, I actually found it interesting to run without music again... it had been some time since I'd done that and I kind of enjoyed talking myself through my run. Although, I suppose a few negative thoughts in there could also be to blame for my decision to slow down. Nevertheless, I felt pretty upbeat throughout the entire run and it was probably good for me to spend 25 minutes focused on one thing. Hopefully next time I shoot for this goal I'll only have to spend 24 minutes focused on one thing :)
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