10:45AM,55F, 50% humidy sunny and windy. I'm not used to the cold weather yet but it does wonders to my pace. I was doing tempo run to day. I started from a different point this time and ran 1M to the East Campus loop. I did 3 loops tempo (1.65M each so it's 4.95M total) and then another mile back. The times were:
warm up mile: 7:57
loop #1: 11:36 (7:02 pace)
loop #2: 11 :37 (7:02 pace)
loop #3: 11:42 (7:05 pace)
cool down mile 7:42
Wow! I'm amazed by my time. I was working hard during the tempo but not as nearly as hard as I would imagine a 5M at close to 7 minutes per mile would feel. In fact if this was a 5M race I'd shutter my 5M PR by more than a minute! There is a huge difference between running 5M on July 4th when it's more than 80F and 90% himidity versus running it when it's 55F and 50% humidity.
Tomorrow easy 5-6 miles. I plan to do 12 or 13 miles on Sunday. So far my training progresses very well.
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