First Run in Months Without a Backpack

Since sometime in May I've been running running with a backpack that when full of water weighs in at 30 lb's. I would've thought this would get my "run as fast as I can" pace back down to 6mm's, but much to my surprise, I'm not any faster than I usually run without a 'case of beer' strapped to my back! Tonight's run was in fact slower for what I intended to be a fast short run! Last year I was running mid to high 6mm's whenever I wanted to, so my goal for this year was to maintain a 6mm. And now tonight, I just couldn't get there, let alone maintain it. However, it could be that tonight's run was in 89° heat with a dew point of 71° or maybe from adding an extra gallon of water to my backpack for yesterdays run wore me down. Oh well, if I cant run fast anymore at least I can carry plenty of water and stuff to keep me entertained on my long slow runs! Gotta run, Chris Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 864 ft Location: -- Elev. Gain: -3 ft Date: 07/18/10 Up/Downhill: [+141/-144] Time: 6:50 PM Difficulty: 1.7 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 2.46 miles Time: 0:19:01 Speed: 7.8 mph Pace: 7' 44 /mi Calories: 344 Map Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 7' 21 -0' 23 8.2 +0.4 +10 ft 2 8' 08 +0' 24 7.4 -0.4 -36 ft end 7' 36 -0' 08 7.9 +0.1 +23 ft Versus average of 7' 44 min/mile

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