Z2 plus Strides - Reservoir

I need to slow the hell down.  When I'm doing my longer endurance runs, I need to let myself go slower, otherwise I might as well stay home.

Here is another impressive example of me not going slow.  I decided to allow myself to call Z2 anything <165, so with that in mind, I hit the mark... but without "cheating" I'm supposed to be closer to 160.  This is a little hot for that goal.  There are quite a few hills to and from the reservoir, which I should take slower so as not to increase my heart rate.  Also, I need to remember on days like this that running faster is not going to make the time go by more quickly.  Duh.  I had to be back to my house promptly at the completion of my 40 minutes so that I could rinse & change before my board meeting.  Running faster did not make the 40 minutes "save time." 

Watch the watch more closely.  That's what I need to do.  Let the easy days be easy and go hard on hard days.  If I really want to improve my speed, I'll have to go slow sometimes.

Come up with a mantra or something, Speer.  Jeebus.