5.5 miles this evening. It was 74 degrees at 6pm which felt pretty hot although it was pretty windy along the river banks. I broke out the racing flats to see how my ankle would do in them.
.75 mile warm up @ 8:35 pace, 4 miles in 27:08 (6:28, 6:42, 6:55, 7:03), .75 cool down @ 9:00
The last two miles of the tempo run was into a pretty strong head wind, but I was clearly struggling near the end and my ankle was sore during the cool down. Thinking I will pass on wearing the flats for the half.
Given my splits today and struggles during my long run last Saturday, I am going to run at a more conservative pace for the half on Saturday (thinking about 7:15 pace) with the hopes of having a little left in the tank for the last couple miles. It has been very frustrating over the last month not being able to train the way I hoped due to injury, but hopefully I can look back at my training patterns in the future and find a stable base that my body can handle. | 