Day 54 - 4 miles in the afternoon (PR)

My earliest run to date - 3p.m.

However, there was not much fun in this run.
from the very start I just felt out of rhythm. I tried to keep the pace to 9.10 and tried to make sure I was not running too fast in the beginning.

This seemed to have a further negative impact on my run and I just felt bad.

There could be other reasons....
I ate a pizza for lunch. Probably unwise prior to a run.
I never drunk anything all morning or for lunch. Doh!
I was running in the afternoon and it was a lot warmer than usual - even the sweat fell in my eyes - man that can burn!

However, I completed the 4 miles....and there were some positives.
1) The secret to having good feet, is to wear thin polyester socks and then your coolmax socks INSIDE OUT! ( that can be quite important) The socks were very comfortable today!
2) The last mile was again quicker and felt the easiest. That is encouraging.
3) My Nike top is NOT for long runs - nipple burn today and that can also be painful.

My splits were...
1 mile - 9.13
2 mile - 9.07
3 mile - 9.16
4 mile - 8.45
(Again the Bones in Motion time splits are slightly different 36 minutes 21 seconds)

It was a PR 9.05 pace.
36 minutes 22 seconds
What was interesting today was my heart rate was in Zone 5 for 74% of the run...that is a lot more than normal, and that could be one of the reasons that I felt bad.
maybe a little to do with the water( or lack of water intake) and a little to do with the heat.

Any run is a good run, and sometimes it can be quite positive afterwards knowing you ran when you didn't feel 100%.