Oh dear, it was going so well...

Distance: 9 miles
Time: 1h29m43s
Mile 1 - 9m25s
Mile 2 - 9m25s
Mile 3 - 9m14s
Mile 4 - 9m23s
Mile 5 - 9m40s
Mile 6 - 9m31s
Mile 7 - 10m27s
Mile 8 - 10m26s
Mile 9 - 12m12s

I'd been tempted to do my weekend long run yesterday, as the weather was good, sunny without a hint of a breeze, unlike the wind and rain forecast for today. However, I decided to stick to my training plan and keep yesterday as the 2nd of the couple of days rest after Thursday's 5-miler.

I was pleasantly surprised to see that the day was dry, and the sky brightening up this morning. So when I set out for my 9 mile run I was in a good mood, and looking forward to it. The first half was great, and I was still feeling good given that every step I took was taking my closer to home. This lasted through mile 6, still comfortable having done two thirds.

Then I started to tire, but decided to take it easy on this mile, and hope I could find the extra reserves that served me so well last week, however at the end of the mile I felt a twinge in my right knee. Nothing like the pain I felt in my left knee when I got injured last year, but enough to knock my pace off.

Oh well, I just hope this is just an off day, and that I'll be back fit running again tomorrow, just a short 2 mile "recovery" run.