Today was to be a 5 mile run, but I decided to add one more mile. I'm only at 10 when I should be running 16. (This coming Saturday is to be 18!) I'm hoping maybe additional mileage during the week will help me in the marathon (in about 40 days) even though I can't run the long Saturday runs.
It was not a good run today, except for the sunny 80 degree when I left, 75 when finished weather. My feet and legs hurt so that I was unable to make my normal stride. They finally began to loosen up about mile 3.5. Only one of the 6 miles was under 10:00 - 10:09, 10:25, 10:21 (close, but not slowest), 10:03 (lost about 20 seconds during this mile due to a pit bull attack. The dog usually comes toward me and growls a little, but lets me run on by. On the trip back today, though, he jumped up and nipped at my shirt at the back of my underarm. The owner was just walking out the door and saw it and began apologizing. No big deal.), 10:03, and 9:42. I finished at a s-l-o-w 1:00:43, a 10:07 pace.
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