Week thus far

Monday - I was tired and started to fall asleep at 8:00.  I finally gave up, took this day as my day off, and went to bed at 9:00

Tuesday - 10 miles on the treadmill at a 6:58 pace.  A boring run that I just plopped through

Wednesday - 8 miles outside with 6 stides after the run.  I ran around my block and left the watch at home.  If I felt like I was running fast I just dialed it back.  Overall this was a very controlled and comfortable run

Thursday - 12 miles in total and I did it on the treadmill (The Packer game was on).  3 mile warm up at a 7:30 pace.  The first three miles seemed fast.  The legs had some cobwebs.  Then 4 miles at 6:18.  The pace was ok.  I swear, a 6:18 pace on the treadmill seems faster than a 6:18 outside.  I don't know if it's mental, but it seems so much faster.  The legs felt good, but it took me 2 miles to finally feel comfortable.  After the 4 miles I took a 2 minute break and then did 2 miles increasing the pace every 1/2 mile.  I did the 1/2 splits as follows:  5:52, 5:49, 5:46 and 5:43.  This 2 mile split seemed to go easier than the 6:18 pace.  If I had to guess I would say the legs were a little more loose and with the faster pace I was able to open up the stride a little bit.  I then finished with a 3 mile cool down (7:30 pace).  These 3 miles seemed really slow coming off of 6 faster miles.  I was liking the cool down miles.