9 miles - 2 mile warmup, 5 mile tempo, 2 mile cool down. I am starting to coin Thursdays as "tempo Thursday." I know "tempo Tuesday" rolls off of the tongue better, but I don't do tempo runs on Tuesday. I felt really good on this run overall. It was a great confidence booster too. I decided to give my typical route a shot with the tempo in the middle instead of trying to find the most flat route available. I figured this would push me a little because my route does have a little bit of a climb, but not a ton. My goal was to clip off 5 miles at marathon pace (6:55). I was feeling good after the first tempo mile, which has the most uphill, so I decided to give myself a little leeway to go a hair faster if I could. I was a little hesitant because I didn't want to fall apart early and not finish all 5 miles, but it turned out well. AP for the tempo - 6:47.12 Now, maybe my slower pace yesterday really did help me recover more fully. I guess I will not know for sure if I would have been able to perform the same today had I run a little faster yesterday, but I don't care really. I accomplished what I wanted to so far this week having done my 800s and my tempo and now I have a couple more easy runs to wrap it up! | 1 | 8:18.3 | 1.00 | 8:18 | | 2 | 7:59.7 | 1.00 | 8:00 | | 3 | 6:47.7 | 1.00 | 6:48 | | 4 | 6:49.7 | 1.00 | 6:50 | | 5 | 6:45.6 | 1.00 | 6:46 | | 6 | 6:49.8 | 1.00 | 6:50 | | 7 | 6:42.8 | 1.00 | 6:43 | | 8 | 8:03.8 | 1.00 | 8:04 | | 9 | 7:58.5 | 1.00 | 7:58 |
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