I'm realizing more and more that I have a pacing problem. My first half marathon I was able to run with negative splits. My mind was in a different place then, and I have to get that mindset again. Lately my pace has been all over the place with these summer runs and I have to make more of an effort to not go out too fast. The fact that I feel out of breath and take small walk breaks makes me think that in some cases I'm going too fast . The humidity and hot weather also has been throwing me off.. Funny enough, this wasn't a problem for me until the past few months when I realized I was capable of running below or around 9:00/mile if I wanted to.
This week I cut back miles to 18. Next week I go back up again after a rest week.
Run 1- Monday - 4 miles - 10:08 average pace
Run 2- Wednesday - 5 miles - 10:00 average pace
Run 3 - Thursday - 3 miles - 9:27 average pace
Run 4 - Saturday - 6 miles - 10:01 average pace
Thursday I had used as my tempo run so that was fine. The other runs were on target except today I probably should gone a little slower.
Next week my long run is 11 miles. I need to work on pacing. A lot.... I need to think about what 10:45 or 11 would feel like and work on that. 26.2 miles is a long distance. I know I cannot hold a 10:00 pace the entire time... So I need to work on this...
Next week:
4 / 6/ 3/ 11... total of 24 miles
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