6-Mile Weekday Run

Today was a 6-mile weekday run. I've altered my running schedule. Recently, I've been running Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, alternating with gym days Tuesday and Thursday. I was finding that I wasn't going to the gym at all, evidenced by how sore I was following yesterday, continuing into today's run. So now I'm in the gym MWF, with running TThS, giving 3/3. While I've only been to the gym once, I can tell it's going to work out a lot better this way. It also gives me a day's rest from Thursday's run before Saturday's long run.

So today. Yes, I was sore, but I decided not to whine at myself over it and push myself. It seems to have worked out well. In fact, I totally surprised myself in the first three miles.



Splits
Mile 1: 8:26.05
Mile 2: 8:15.92
Mile 3: 8:21.99
Mile 4: 8:56.66
Mile 5: 8:59.55
Mile 6: 9:13.67
.20 mi: 1:49.77

Time: 54:03.61, 8:43/mi pace, 780 calories burned.

I'm happy with today's run, although I suppose it might have been better to have flipped the whole thing, with the slower miles first and fast ones later. Still, looking at the chart I would have PR'ed had I been running a 5k.



I even got cheered on by a 16-year-old girl. Why couldn't I have been cheered on when I was 16? Oh well.