It was fairly hot (80° +) and sunny. Plus, I was on the Canal Trail in Roanoke Rapids so there were quite a few short ups and downs but nothing really significant! That was a good increase in distance for me and I can feel it today with some muscle soreness.
That was the good news!
The not-so-good news is that it took me 1:08:45 to do it!! That's a 16:20 pace!! Damn! That is just barely faster than walking but I using my heart rate to set my intervals . . . 135 and I started walking and started running again when it dropped to 110. As expected, as the "run" progressed, the time running reduced and the time walking increased but I still felt like I ran a bunch!! Kind of depressing really!
I'm not sure why I was disappointed! I mean what should I really expect? I've only been back running a little over a month. And when I started back, a 1 mile run was PLENTY!! I just have to keep on pluggin' away at it! It's not like I have any goal or anything except to get in better shape and I can see that is happening!
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