On my run today I was thinking 'this next 1/2 is a real opportunity to blaze a new trail and crack my speed record' - but my legs remindedme that I'm still carrying a ton of lactose in my legs from the first1/2!Run: 4.83 miles over a packed 'track' artificial surface. I ran the first two miles slow, then cranked out two miles in 16 minutes (well 1.98 so it was an 8:04 per mile pace - plenty fast for me - and my 'race' pace for the 1/2 certainly). Absolutely no pressing or difficulty. However my heart rate did creep up - it was snowing - to around 160 toward the end. So tomorrow I'll run a slow four miler.Notes: I really appreciated the softness of the track surface (it's not a track but a circular path about three feet wide around one of the parks in downtown Brooklyn). Running this track will become one of my weekly runs as I do love the soft feel and am very, very keen to reduce the pounding on my legs. Also, it's 1/3rd of a mile, which is better than the 1/4 mile tracks I've run on before. There are some transitions to tile, but generally it is very soft.
Conditions: near freezing with a light wind and drifting slight snow.
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