I have had some interesting experiences lately with my running and pacing. A few days ago I ran my currently "regular" 3.34 mile course around my neighborhood at a good, steady pace and finished with a time of 29:05. Then this past Monday I ran it again, with a time of... 29:05. The next day I repeated the performance, down to the second. On none of these days was I trying to make the finishing times the same. The weather was different during each of them, not to mention how I was physically feeling. It's just that I have apparently developed a very keen, consistent pacing instinct. However...
Wednesday I ran it again, finishing off two seconds at 29:03. And then yesterday I was even faster at 28:58. So it's not always the same. Today was different in that I ran a modified 3.83 mile course.
Consistency is more important of a factor in my running to me than fast times, so I take my training results as a very positive indicator of my progress. I am at the halfway point of the month of June and am on pace to once again surpass the 100-mile mark, having amassed 54.55 miles so far, while running every day (my streak now stands at 46 straight days of running). I have been able to keep my total mileage up mainly by running reasonable distances consistently, not by setting any personal distance records. I think I'm on the right track with this strategy...
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