Up early and off to the yearly wicked hot and humid Titan 10k. Warmed up 1.5 miles with Nick and did a few strides. A quick look around at the starting line and I was fairly confident that no competition had showed up and I would be running mostly solo. I didn't take splits, just ran. It was 75 degrees at the start and wicked humid as always, but I still somehow felt I had a sub-40 in me today, so definitely disappointed. The pace just slowly bled throughout, nothing terrible, but a slow bleed that killed my overall time. I did win, though, by about 5 minutes, so I guess that was pretty cool. Later on while Vanessa was napping did a slow 8 mile shakeout on the home treddy. I know that ultra training and trying to keep touch with speed is a little absurd, but I am going to try nonetheless. I do think the weekend back to back long runs and lack of sleep keep my legs a little heavy, but as my body adapts I still think I can continue to improve.
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