Metabo journal

Ran outside on the Shoreline trail to get in some hill work. The weather nice except that it was relatively windy for this part of the country. Of course the strongest head-wind was on the ~0.3 mile section of the run where I was continually climbing, which made it quite a bit more difficult. I could have run further, but the sun was setting and I had to get to class. The focus for today was to keep running strong after coming off the uphill portions. I think I did a decent job of accomplishing my goal considering the wind. Yet again the new shoes worked great without any knee/ankle problems. Although, the shoes are pretty flashy. Maybe they wouldn't work so well if they were uglier...

I increased my pace for this session, running 9:13 min/mile instead of ~10:30. The first two miles were fine, but the third mile was difficult. I had to continually rationalize in my mind that I only have to run one more mile, and that should be easy since I ran 11 miles a few days earlier. I guess I can only work on increasing speed on the treadmill where speed can be controlled, otherwise my body will revolt and I will unintentionally slow down. 

Aside from that, during my warm-up I saw a guy wearing a Texas Tech Bull Riding t-shirt. I wanted to ask him if he was affiliated with Lubbock but I couldn't find him after I was finished running. 

Ran on the track at the field house. New shoes worked great, no knee problems. I was hoping to run closer to 7-7.5 miles, but I did not get to the gym early enough and I had to rush to get to class. I tried to pick up the pace around mile 3, but it's so hard not to get distracted and fall into the hum drum of running that I kept forgetting I was supposed to be picking up the pace. I was able to finish strong, which is a good sign because it means that somewhere in the 6-8 mile range is now a normal, regular run for me. I guess I have achieved my short term goal.

Walked on the treadmill at the field house to break in a pair of new shoes.