Moderate run. Average pace: 9:05. Weather: 67°F, humidity 42%, wind 2 SSW. My planned work out for today was 10 miles with the last 8 miles hard, but I didn't have the time or the energy for that. I've got a really busy morning and my stomach is not feeling quite right. Also, I think I left my legs on the ship. I thought the time off from running would make me feel rested, but not so. About 3/4 of a mile into this run another runner and I approached the same corner from different directions and then both turned to go the same way. She was a ways in front of me, so I decided to see if I could catch her by just picking up the pace a bit, but not sprinting. I think she knew I was behind her and she didn't want to be caught because she looked back a couple of times and she also sped up enough that I couldn't catch her. It would have been nice to catch her and talk to her because maybe she was a potential running partner. In any case, she made a turn about 3/4 of a mile later that wasn't on my route so we parted ways at that point. I tried to run at least a moderate pace today since my scheduled run was supposed to be hard. But I didn't seem to ever be able to get going very fast. I think part of the problem was that I chased this other runner during my first two miles, which are normally my warm up. Splits were 9:21 (this is the avg pace for the first 2 miles because I didn't have auto lap turned on - the rest of these are mile splits), 8:42, 9:07, 8:56, 9:05, 8:44. I hope I get my legs back by Saturday because I'm planning to run a local 5K.
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