A Penguin in the Orchard

Runkeeper activity.

85 F, 93 Real Feel®, 55% humidity. Moderately tough run. Seemed much more humid than 55%. Felt awkward for much of the first half, though periodic self-checks were all good. Focused on Lakeside and the 17:00 mark, and made it through. Was pretty wiped out at the end of the run.

Big Thing(s): Kept visualing turning the corner from Lakeside onto Nevada. That got me down Lakeside and through that difficult 17:00 mark. Wasn’t so good about visualing after Nevada.

Little Thing(s): First 5:00 was at 9:47 pace. Brought the overall pace down by 20 seconds over the run.

I think a slight strategy change is in order. My original strategy was to increase time by 10% per week. The new plan is to increase by 10% and stay there until I’m comfortable at or below the target pace for 3 consecutive runs - then bump up 10%.