Today's workout

4.5 easy then finished with a hard 1 mile. I went at about 5 pm, and when I started the heat index was 81. By the time I finished it had risen to 85. I start wilting when it gets above 60, so the heat was a challenge to deal with today. Plus, I've had a terrible sinus headache the last two days. I thought I was coming down with something. I went to bed early last night, and I felt a little better today but still not great. My pulse this morning had gone back down to 52.

Still, I met my goal of breaking 6:00 for the mile today as I recorded a 5:56. I really pushed it the last half mile to make it. I just visualized myself coming in at the finish of the baby food race!

For the easy section, my time at 2 miles was 14:25, and it was 32:00 after 4.5 (7:06 ppm). Total time was 37:56 (6:53 ppm).

I don't know what it is about the lake but my times and paces are always slower there.