The schedule TNT run for the day was only 2-4 miles, but because my mileage is a bit higher, I decided to run to the run at Lake Merritt. Then after a ~3 mile loop around the lake, I ran to the BART station. When I got off BART I ran home. However, much or all of the run from the lake to BART and from BART to the lake did not get recorded because I forgot to unpause Nike Plus. In addition, there was a big long break between the first part of the run and the Lake part because of the chronic TNT lateness and all sorts of announcements.
I started this run too fast because it was freezing, and then I went out too fast with the group. My mentor seems to run races pretty close to my times, but she (and others) seem to train faster than I like to. I like to follow the advice of taking long runs slow and then doing speedwork during other runs. According to Runner's World Smart Coach, my long run pace should be 9'55", while my tempo pace should be 8'22" and my intervals 7'54". This is all towards a marathon race pace of 8'51". Anyway, this is all to say that I gave in to peer pressure (internalized) and ran faster than I wanted to. I eventually talked myself into slowing down, so my pace is decreasing throughout the run, but my overall pace is much faster than it should be.
Totals:
6.9 miles
9'09" pace
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