Going out for this run, I wasn't sure exactly what my goal was: should I do two 6.5 loops for 13 miles? 1 6.5 and one 4.5 loop for 11 miles? When I hit about 4 miles, I realized 2 things: if I did run 11 or 13 miles, that would mean that I ran 20% more miles this week than last week, which I didn't think was a great idea; and if I had to run past my parents' house, I probably wouldn't go out for more miles. So I stopped to stretch and really think what I should do, and then decided to turn around and go back the way I came, even though I didn't have any water with me. This way I'm only increasing by a little more than 15%, which is probably still too much. I also don't know my pace since I didn't even bring my watch home with me. I did do a little tempo running within this run, but not at any regular intervals. I let my ipod dictate--whenever it played a song that got me pumped, I would increase the pace for the duration of that song.
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