AM: (9+ miles, 1:18:17). 26:47 wu + strides/27:20 cd, 4 x 1200 tempo intervals w/1` recovery (5:17 (7:05) 5:18 (7:06) 5:16 (7:03) 5:14 (7:01)) -- the split in the parantheses are the equivalent mile splits -- not 1600 (the metric mile) but old fashioned mile ;-)) . Felt so good today (despite my knee being full of some sort of fluid, more on that later) - it was a beautiful day for running hard (45F just a little wind on the back stretch - it is perpetually windy there I guess). I figure this is somewhere in the middle of my 10K and 15K pace, so it really wasn't hard, I could have done many more -- I am happy about that. I actually tried to slow it down to keep it on the lower end of the pace range, but this was the pace that felt good. My knee -- who the heck knows. It doesn't actually hurt when I walk, run or climb stairs (up or down), but it hurts to touch it, it is swollen (and hot) and I couldn't do my usual quad stretch this morning -- which makes me wonder if I somehow overstretched it earlier this week and didn't know ... I am planning on doing my second run tonight as planned, but I will abort if it hurts even one little bit. Weird. PM: (hopefully an easy 4.5 miles). I am so glad it is Thursday! Have a safe and wonderful day bloggers!
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