tough 9

 I wanted to break 7 and was hoping for 8-9km. It was a struggle from the first step. Humidity was not too bad and temps seem to have dropped slightly, but from the first step everything felt stiff and heavy and like I shouldn't bother. But I pressed on. As I approached 9km I considered briefly extending it to 10km. I resisted the urge and cut it at 9. Overall a good, very slow, run but it was a struggle.