22.8 mile run this morning. Met up with the club down at the Dixie Center and started out to try an idea I had about a tempo loop. So we ran the loop once as a warm-up and it turned out to be 5.7 miles. A lot of it is on the Painters course and the some up on the other trail. After the warm-up lap that was at 7:14 pace we started the marathon paced tempo. Some of the trail is under construction so we only did 5.4 miles at temp pace so we didn't get hurt trying to run fast through the construction mess. The 5.4 mile tempo was at 5:31avg pace. Pretty good considering I only wanted to hit 5:40 pace. Hayden stuck it in high gear and I just tried to hang on to him. He ended up pulling away from me at the end and was running very strong. Then another lap (5.7 miles) with the guys to cool down at around 7 min pace. Then the guys were done and I added one more lap at 6:40 pace to finish up the week. Had a good time this morning. It's just amazing spring weather and the mornings are the best. I liked the little tempo loop and think I'll keep it as a standard the rest of the summer. Like every two weeks or something. (Blue Stratus 253.95)
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