Same Time, Same Channel

I tried to do a tempo run today, though I'm really just learning about different kinds of runs, such as tempo runs.

I set my Garmin to do auto laps every mile. Here are my split times:

Mile 1 - 9:33/mile

Mile 2 - 9:02/mile

Mile 3 - 8:54/mile

My average pace for the whole run was 9:05. That's the fastest I've ever run 5K, so I feel pretty good about it.

Also, I got new shoes last night. Saucony something. I don't know the specific name.

I almost didnt' run this morning. It was cold and rainy and my left hip was hurting, but I told myself "no excuses" and went out anyway. I did an easy 4 miles, average pace 9:34. I was pretty wet by the time I was done.

My hip didn't hurt while I was running and feels okay now. Maybe that's because of the 800 mg of ibuprofen I took before the run, or maybe running helps. I've had trouble with this hip off and on since my surgery at the beginning of July. It was doing okay recently, but I think that yoga on Wednesday threw it out.

It was running harder today than yesterday and I didn't want to get all wet again, so I ran on a treadmill. I set it on random so that the incline changed frequently. I've never done on that on the treadmill before and so I didn't know what level to set it at. I probably guessed a little high because I was sweating like crazy and my heart rate was really high by the end of 5 miles, so I stopped there instead of doing the 6 miles that I had planned.