Half Marathon, Baby

ugh, terrible run. supposed to do 5 mile tempo, shooting for 5:55 pace or something under 6. i felt tired and bad before the run and during the warmup. napped a little to attempt to put off the fatigue, didn't work. 1st 800m at 3:00, 1 mile at 6:12 (ew), 1.5 mile at 9:17 (ew but better), 2 mile at 12:31 (ewew), and i just stopped after that. it wasn't that i was pushing super hard and not getting results, i was just really tired in my muscles. my breathing was fine, but my legs were not. i figured i was not going to get much out of running 5 miles at a pace i have run 8 or 9 miles at before, so this tempo will just have to wait or else be skipped. just ran the rest of the 10 however i felt, which ended up being a decent pace after awhile, prolly like 7:30 or 7:45.. i followed some guy and didn't want to let him pull away since he was in reach. silly pride.. anyway, sunday really wooped me i guess. i took it lightly at the time, but i really felt it after that run. not so much in the fatigue category, but my body just felt off. for one i was pooped a lot right after the run and the next two days. i felt pretty broken down in a strange way, like little pains here and there and less general aches. i felt heavy in my chest, like i had been breathing a lot, but efficiently, for a long time, like after hard workouts. i dunno. sunday was probably more like a 14 mile tempo and i couldn't even tell with no watch on. but i certainly pushed the whole way, trying to finish up to hang out with friends/girlfriend before the end of the night. it's easy to get motivated to move fast when it's dark and when the run takes you past bars and people at night.