Friday on the Campion Trail
Posted on 05. Jan, 2007 by Brad in Training
With temperatures above 60 and blue, sunny skies this afternoon, it was hard to resist going out for a run. I decided to run the Campion Trail again and work on my pacing. Even though my run last weekend was on hard surface and I cut it short due to knee pain, I planned to go less than half the distance and felt I’d be alright. I ended up going 8 miles in 1:14 for a pace of 9:16/m. Looking at my splits, my first two miles were the slowest with mile 5 and the final mile being the fastest. I know during mile 5 there was an upbeat song on the radio and I knew I could push to the end.
By mile 6, I was really wanting to be done. I felt slightly nauseous and was feeling tight all over. These feelings helped me realize that a 9:00/m pace is currently my lower limit. As long as I’m able to translate that into a steady 12:00/m pace on flat, easy trails, I’m happy. I don’t want to be fast, but I do want to be comfortable with cutoffs.
Tomorrow I have an easy 10-mile run planned around White Rock Lake. I figure we’ll do from 11-12:00/m. I want it to be a good run so I’ll be feeling good going into Bandera next Saturday.
