Tempo

Today was one of those days where there were lots of reasons not to run. Somebody dropped a 1:00 mtg on my calendar. I was feeling off today. My right achilles has been just a touch sore for the last day. Then someone dropped an 11:00 on the calendar, and someone else asked me in mid conversation if I had a headache, since I didn't look good. So, I started thinking maybe I shouldn't run...

BUT, I decided to give it a shot, and maybe just do a short easy run today, instead of the planned tempo run, and do the tempo run tomorrow. So I asked to get the 11:00 rescheduled. About a month ago I had a day where my achilles was a bit sore, and I decided that I was going to have to see how it responded to running, since there's no other way I'll ever get to the half (or other unspoken larger goals).

The 1st couple km were ok, so I decided to do the 5 km tempo part at the slow end of my tempo pace. Really, this was me not wanting to run tomorrow as much as anything. The problem with this plan is that I have a hard time running at the slow end of my tempo pace, I wound up right in the middle (5:18/km). It was a bit more work than normal. I cut it right at 8km, as The Plan says. I did find myself thinking about tossing on another km, till I realized that if I did, I wouldn't have time for lunch.

There were a few times on the run today when my achilles had just a bit of an ache, but they passed quickly.