Saturday - 2.6 miles (25.2 Week)

Woke up this morning with a sore throat and very tired after having been up 'til 2 Thurs nite. So I didn't get in my long run. I will have to get it in tomorrow morning. Ran an easy/quick 2.6 miles. First mile was actually probably the fastest mile I've run in some time, 7.43. Everything has been so slow lately. I think part of why I've not been with it mentally lately is because I am not running anything fast. I want to try to get in the runs and mileage so I purposely run slow so I don't dread the 'pain' of running fast, plus I know I can't keep the pace for the distances I want to run. This actually has a negative effect on me from time to time b/c I can't get into running mentally so I cut runs short, totally defeating the purpose of the slower runs to begin with. I mean, really, if I am only going to run 2.5-3 mile runs, why not run them faster and get them over with?