I had a work meeting at 7:30 this morning, so I had to get up pretty early (5:10) to get in the workout before heading into the office. It being Tuesday and all, I decided to take another crack at the Liberty Park tempo run. I warmed up 3.3 miles through the Avenues and downtown and then started the tempo run at 600 E/600 South and headed toward the park. The objective today was to run the second mile in under 6 minutes, which has been very difficult the last couple of times I did this. I don't know why, something about losing concentration. First mile 5:51. Second mile, in the park, trying to keep it together, sort of falling asleep, body feeling sort of sluggish, but 5:55, so I hit that mark. Then I felt sort of spent already, but with 2 miles to go. Third mile, another 5:51. For the last mile, I wanted to run 5:45, but ran 5:46. Then cooled down back to the Avenues and home for a total of 11 for the morning.
PM: Three easy miles with Heather and Jack (in baby jogger). The weather was great and I wore shorts.
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