Thursday January 26th

Yesterday I did my 4 miles at 8:00 like the schedule said

Today I was supposed to do 7 miles with 5 of those at 6:53..
1 mile warm up was fine. I was running on a path next to the ocean so I knew wind was going to be a factor.

Ran my first 2 under 6:53.. Then I turned around. 15mph headwind. I can do this right.. Nope! Over 7 for my next 2. Then 1 mile at about 7:00 wind at back.

Defeated I went home. Average pace of the run was 7:06
I looked up online as soon as I got back for pace calculator taking wind into account. I found one. Turns out I was running into the wind faster than an adjusted speed for that wind so I guess I was pretty close to my pace after all.

Here's the calculator. Not sure it's exact but it seems close

http://www.runworks.com/calculator.html

6 miles for me, one of those miles was the warm up. I was on the same path as joe (only slower) he forgot to mention the sunrise was pretty but then again when running against the wind like that he maybe didn't notice it. Hardest run in a long time.

6.2 miles. Misty and foggy. Pretty happy in 1-layer/shorts at the end of Jan. Woot!

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