After a layoff day due to sheer lazyness I ran a better 5 mile run than of late. Weather was still quite warm out and didnt’ bring water with me. Ran 5.06 mile in 38:48 averaging pace of 7:40. Long run is going to be Sunday instead of the usual Saturday because of the missed day. Try for my 18 mile run tomorrow. Shins been a bit sore but nothing major, lots of ice today and advils, always seems to do the trick. Changed my gate a bit yesterday, put more of a lean into the stride. Found I increased my pace with little extra effort. Could be why my time in the Niagara Half was a PB. Replayed the run in my head trying to figure out why I ran so much better and realized for a great portion of the run I was in a chasing position, leaning more into my run. Will i nvestigate this more over the next few weeks. Will start speed training next week as well and that will also help me investigate styles.