Cowed by the weather forecasts online, I abandoned my plans for a long day of skate skiing and instead opted for a long run indoors. And by long I mean 15 miles in 2 hours, which probably doesn't count as long for most runners. But keep in mind that that's longer and farther than I've ever run in my life. At least, in a single day. Hooray for me. Naturally, the weather turned out to be much better than predicted, so I feel somewhat foolish for having spent so much time running indoors. Still, I'm happy with the effort. I started at an 8:30 pace and increased the pace by 7-8 seconds per mile every 10 minutes. After 90 minutes I was running at a 7:15 pace, which I decided to hold for only 5 minutes before gradually winding the pace down to end the run. In the end, my average pace was about 8:00 per mile. But I wonder, did I get a better workout by starting slow and increasing the pace, or would I have been better off running at a steady 8:00 pace for two hours?
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