AM - Easy 6 PM - 4 mile tempo, testing out my new course. I marked off every quarter (following the tangents as best I could) and it seemed pretty accurate. The weather was beautiful all day long until I started my run, go figure, and then the wind picked up. The river trail is a little more sheltered than the rest of town, so 20mph winds in town were like 10 on the trail. It blew as a cross wind and rarely felt favorable either direction, although more so on the way back. So headed out I hit splits of 5:15 and 5:19 for 10:34. The last half-mile runs up to the top of the dike and the wind was much more in my face, I believe I only managed 2:40 on that half. Paused at the turnaround for about 10 seconds to regroup and started back into it. That half-mile back along the dike was just as bad as coming, only managed 2:44 that direction. Once I got down close to the river, though, things picked up. 2:41 next half for 5:25, then 2:40 and 2:32 to close it out for a 10:37 return trip. 21:11 for the overall time which I'm pleased with, all things considered. Cooled down and added 6x15sec strides and about 30 lunges. I'm very happy with today's work. Found out today that my entry was accepted to the Oregon Preview. Looks like I'll be headed to Eugene this weekend!
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