January 15th

(V) ran a short 3 miles with speed in mind and an effort to push through my urges to stop. At 2 miles, my average pace had gone from 9:30 to 10:00 quickly and I felt like calling it a day. but on my 4 mile route, I was the furthest distance from home so decided I'd better keep going. I set my gps to give feedback every 1/4 mile & at 2.5 miles I decided I should run as fast as I can to the 3 mile point. But that lasted only 1/4 mile and at 2.75, I felt pretty spent and struggled to pull through the remainder of the 3 miles. I stopped the clock to find out that I hadn't maintained a pace under 10 minutes but I felt pretty good about not stopping. Then I walked a mile home.