At the suggestion of Michelle I slowed down my first 2 miles to achieve a more level pace throughout my entire run. It was a bit of a struggle to slow myself down at first. It was a huge struggle for the whole first mile. I kept speeding up and I would look at my Garmin and see I was going "too fast" and would have to make myself slow down, over and over. But, I finally found my groove. I was afraid that slowing myself down initially would cause me to burn less calories, not so. I burned almost exactly the same amount of calories (only 5 less) as I did the last time I ran the same distance. So I feel good about this whole slowing myself down at the beginning. It will come in quite handy when I start doing events at the end of this month. I don't want to get completely caught up in the excitement of the crowd and burn out after the first 2 miles. So, thank you VERY much for your advice, Michelle!
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