Today I ran my fastest 5.0 miler, it was a route from SDSC to Top parking lot of torrey pines park and back, with most being flat, but 3/4 mi downhill at 2-3% gradient, and ran the same hill back up. I did good pace on the downhill finishing in 6:30 and coming back up in 7:30, and overall pace were consistent in the remaining splits.
I think what has helped pace has been twofolds, loss of a couple of pound and a couple of runs on treadmill. It appears that running at a constant pace on treadmill for 30-40 mins gives the cardio strength to run on road at same consistent pace. This is a minor milestone and I hope that I can break the 40min barrier for this route in not too distant future. Just have to focus on running though as pace and timing are all secondary, my goal is weight loss.
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