7 mi in 55:43
Brutal run this morning. 3 mi steady state run avg pace 7:10 mpm after 1 mi warm on the treadmill and 1 mile warm on the road at easy pace followed by 2 mi cool at easy pace. Stride was good today but the pace felt brutal after the first SS mile, including the cool down. The left foot felt fine again today. The left SI/IT area had some mild pain in the first mile but was fine after that. Had some soreness in both hip flexors for the last mile. Not sure why the pace was so hard today. Ran 1 mi shorter on a less hilly route but only averaged 5 second per mile quicker than last week. (The target was to run 15 sec/mi quicker this week.) I haven't slept well this week, it was very cold (10 °F) and I had to bundle up against it but I didn't feel very restricted. The 5 seconds aren't as concerning to me as the greater feeling of fatigue than last week. I felt very very spent at the end of the run today and still feel that way at this moment 2 hours after the run is over. Perhaps I need to investigate the fueling as well as the sleeping.
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