It was hot and windy this morning. Warmed up with 3 miles at an easy pace into the wind then ran a 4 mile tempo run. Most of the tempo run was with the wind or with a cross wind. The last mile was into the wind. Splits were: 6:21, 6:13 (too fast), 6:28 (over compensated), 6:19. I was dead tired at the end. Tempo runs aren't supposed to be this much work so I obviously pushed harder than I should have. Cooled down with 2 miles into the wind and it was a lot of work. Not sure why it was so much work this morning. During the cool down, I was attacked by two black birds. I don't know what I did to them but they kept swooping down at me. As I would turn towards them, would back off and perch themselves on a telephone pole. As soon as I turned my back on them, they would swoop down at me again. This continued for about 1/4 mile. Total Time: 1:06:55 (7:26/mile)
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