Not getting any better

I planned on an 18 miler saturday, but changed my mind and hoped today would be the day. I felt good early but things took a turn for the worse at about 45 minutes. I had trouble maintaining 6:30 pace. Now this was a very hilly route. But things went from bad to worse on the flat portion of the route. All in all I am still building up the miles and earlier this week it was brutal weather wise. I have to look at the bigger picture and realize that I have a long way to go. I am looking forward to seeing results from local and world action this weekend. Should be exciting.