Super Run

Yesterday's Run: 22:15, 7'40/m
Today's Run: 21:28, 7'23/m

Today I had my second best "home" run of the year.  Not only was the time great, but it felt really good.  It wasn't till about 1.5 miles that I started to feel myself slowing down, and the usual sick feeling I get in the last half mile was barely an issue.   Even after keeping up a fast pace the entire route, I still had plenty of gas for a nice charge at the end.  

What a difference the weather makes.  Running in the 80s, as I did the past two days, was absolutely  miserable, and I was happy just to finish.   Today was somewhere in the 60s.  It even felt a bit cool at the start.  As far as weather goes, I seem to gain a minute for every ten degrees:

Sunday: 80 degrees: 23:30
Tuesday: 70 degrees: 22:15
Wednesday: 60 degrees: 21: 28

What to take from this?  I'm not going to necessarily stop running on a hot week - but I just need to realize going in that it's going to be rough - and the time is going to take a hit - and not to worry about it.   As soon as cool weather hits - the good pace will return.

It also makes a difference when the knee feels better.  Yesterday there was pretty severe pain the entire route.  Today it felt its best in a month.  There was literally no pain at all.

One more thing....  My pace has improved a minimum 13 minutes every month, and I desperately want that trend to continue.  Well, after Sunday's debacle, my June pace began at 8'07 (May's was 7'33).  After a two better runs it's down to 7'44.  I'm sure it'll be back down below 7'44 before I know it, but let's see if I can get it under 7'33 by the end of the month - so the improvement can continue :)