I have great trouble running slow. Even on 20 mile runs I gravitate to a 7:30-7:45 pace. According to Daniels VDOT I should be running easy/long runs in the 8:30 range. Try as I may, my body justs wants to run faster. The result is that I feel I may not be maximizing my endurance base.
Does anyone else have this issue? What can I do to bring more discipline to my pacing?
What I like to do is find some girl, preferably a very good-looking one, and run with her. It will force you to run slow and you get a date out of it. But just so that she knows who's boss, drop the hammer in the last mile and a half.
Seriously though, run with a girl.
Perhaps you'd control your pace better if you realized it's an adverb: slowly
Maybe you should get over yourself and your pathetic ego
you should run with a girl like meseret defar, she is good looking, but i dont know if she would force you to run slow, as she can average under 70 seconds per lap for 5k and then run a 57.5 senond last quarter, i bet that would beat 98% of the poster here.
Try 99.5