I rested yesterday, hoping it would lead to a major drop in my time today. And it helped somewhat, though I would have liked to seen it drop more. My mile time tonight was 9:04, still in the dreaded nines, though close enough to the eights that I feel good about it. Plus I dropped twenty seconds off my time from Tuesday. I probably won't time my mile until Monday and my goal will be to get into the 8 minute range.
As far as strategies went, I stuck to my pacing tactic. I went out on a slow and steady pace, clocking in my split in the 4:30s. After seeing my split time I was worried I would get a record slow time tonight, but to my amazement my pace maintained and I ended with a 9:04, meaning I had near identical half-mile times! I consider tonight's run my biggest leap forward. I could definitely sense an improvement in my breathing. I felt like I could get more oxygen with each breath. Though I'm still a long ways from saying I'm back in shape.
Tonight, before my run, I jogged a half-mile with my wife. This was a perfect warm-up run. It was awesome to see my wife out there running because she is a self-proclaimed non-runner! I think I can get her to change her mind, though. Especially because for a non-runner she did an amazing job!
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