5 Miles on the agenda today. I headed over to Cross Farms Park in Holmdel so I could do 1/2 paved trail 1/2 dirt trail---this is one of my favorite running routes.
It was hot and slightly humid and as a last minute decision I decided to bring my Nathan hand held water bottle--usually I do not carry water, especially on runs less than 5 miles, but I do not do well in the heat. Thank god, I brought the water--buy the end of the 5 miles, I had finished the whole thing.
I have been dehydrated due to the vacation--did not keep my fluids up. Trying to get back into good water habits.
I knew the trail would keep me slow, what I did not anticipate was how slow-----I expected to maintain 11:30 min/mile on the trails and instead I ended up with the following splits (first and last mile are on paved path--miles 2, 3, 4 trail):
Split | Time | Distance | Avg Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | 00:57:41 | 5.00 | 11:32 |
| 1 | 00:10:13 | 1.00 | 10:13 |
| 2 | 00:11:04 | 1.00 | 11:04 |
| 3 | 00:13:28 | 1.00 | 13:28 |
| 4 | 00:12:36 | 1.00 | 12:36 |
| 5 | 00:10:18 | 1.00 | 10:20 |
The trail was dark and cool, a perfect place to run on a hot day.
2 comments:
I know what you mean! The one time I ran trails it made me so slow I never did it again, I just got frustrated constantly having to look at my feet :-/
Great job!
Lauren, I love your blog and I can not wait to hear your review of the Garmin 610--I have the 305 but I am a technology geek.
Casi
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