Day 65 - a difficult run! 5 miles

Last run, that I thought was 5 miles, was not!

It was around 600 metres short of 5 miles, and therefore my super-great time was over "less than" and not a full 5 miles.

That may explain why tonight was a little different.

Started out, and immediately felt terrible. Felt it was a slow shuffle.I mean slooooow.I just couldn't get going. I felt like I was running in moon boots. My feet felt like lead.
This was NOT good.

No problem , I thought....I am probably running quicker than I think.
Checked at around 1.5 miles and saw it was 9.15 pace. Not great, but still good compared to how I was actually feeling.

Checked at 3 miles - still 9.15 pace. Was the Garmin broken!!
i felt a bit better, but still not normal.
Suddenly felt chaffing between my legs.
This run was not fun.

Consoled myself that it could be the cold...it could be my ultra-quick time last time...it could be the jacket I was wearing....but I still could not find the real reason why I felt bad.

Decided that I could stop at 4 miles...but QUITTING was not on my mind tonight.
In fact after last run's encouragement (even though it was a false time, I was not aware of that during my run), I had decided to run 10km...but as soon as I started I knew that 10 km was not on.

I am glad I never went for the 10km.

I suddenly realized that i was not sweating half as much a normal, and as I took off my jacket, I felt cold.

At the decision point for 4miles and turned and kept on for 5 miles.

The last mile was probably the most comfortable, and the last half mile I really kicked on. I came to the 5 mile marker in my head. Well it WAS 5 miles according to the Garmin the last time, but this time it told me that it was 4.7miles ....I was running full out....I wondered if I could keep it up....but I managed.

I completed 5miles in 46 minutes 02 seconds.

That is 9.11 pace.

Splits...
1 - 9.12
2 -9.19
3 - 9.12
4 - 9.23
5 - 8.44
( again BMI gives strange readings....they total 45 minutes 50 seconds. Where the other 12 seconds go to, I really don't know!)

Went home and checked the distance on Gmaps and found that tonight's run was 5 miles and last run was not.

This was not fun.
This was not easy.
Glad I ran, but worried that I am going to have to convince myself to take my running shoes back out of the cupboard!

Legs are quite sore...I don;t plan a run till Monday...Sunday evening earliest.

Weigh in yesterday - 80.9kg
I realise that Wednesday is my top weight and the other days are usually lower, so it probably is a good day to have the weigh in.