Today is a 0-3 miles or active rest. Since I took two days off from running early in the week and tomorrow will probably just be an easy run, I decided to go for about a 3-mile run today. I set the goal of running sub 9-minute miles.
I had trouble picking a route. I wanted something mostly flat but surprisingly found myself bored with the neighborhood (I have barely been running in my town lately so I'm not sure why I was bored already). After trying out a few routes on-line, I finally settled on one of the roads from yesterday but with a different starting point.
The first mile came up a little slow so I picked up the pace for the second mile. It was after the second mile that my stomach started to hurt and I resorted to my trick of picking an object 50-100 ft ahead and just focusing on that object. The slight bit of snow or rain spitting at me did not hurt. Once I reached the top of the slight hill, my stomach settled enough for me to lengthen my stride out just a little bit. A check of the watch near the 3 mile mark showed me at 26:40.
At this point stubbornness kicked in and kept me going to the end. I did not add any extra loops or distance but finished with 3.5 miles at 8:46 mile pace.
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