It was raining quite a bit as I started but it eased up after a couple of miles. Started with 2.25 miles warm up at 8:30/mile pace (HR=141). Ran 3 miles at tempo pace. First mile is mostly flat (20 ft incline followed by 15 foot decline). Hit it in 6:32 and was feeling kind of nauseous. Second mile started out flat then ended with a 1% decline (6:27-nausea gone). The last mile continues the 1% decline until the very end where I finished going up an overpass. About 1/3 of the way into the last mile, my pace was about 6:40. Bumped it up and finished the mile in 6:30. This was going to be a 4 mile tempo run but I could start to "feel" my right calf. Since I don't have any races planned for a while, I am being a little extra conservative. Average heart rate for the tempo miles was 171. Finished with 2.05 miles at 8:25/mile pace. Avg HR = 157 Total Time = 55:56 | 