Went for a tempo run today. Wasn't the best day for it, it's cold and VERY windy. But I thought I need to face the elements.
I planned to do 7.5 miles out of which 6 miles tempo at 7:10 pace. I started way too fast. First of all my warm up 0.75 mile was in 7:33 pace, Then the first mile was in 6:46 pace which is way too fast (it's sort of my 5K pace!) Then the pace fell down gradually 7:04, 7:17, 7:16, 7:27 then after the 5th mile I just had nothing left in me and slowed down to cool down 1.75 miles in average pace of 8:10. In the last 2-3 miles of the tempo part I was facing really strong head wind. There were moments I felt like I wasn't moving.
It wasn't the best tempo run but it was a hard workout and I feel I gave what I could. Learned some lessons from it too. I think I would do MUCH better in better conditions. The over all average pace on the 7.5 miles was 7:26 and if I can keep something like that on the HM at the end of March, I will be all set for a nice PR. | 