The run today was a little bittersweet. I ran at a level of moderate discomfort (meaning I couldn't have carried on a conversation) for 3 miles when I can usually only go at that pace for 2. The depressing part of it is that I only cut maybe 2 minutes off my running time. The amount of effort I was putting in definitely did not feel proportional to the amount of time I saved. I guess I'll just have to focus on the health benefits of running with moderate discomfort. I hope those are greater than the amount of time saved...or I hope that no one will tell me differently! |