Progression Run - 10 miles w/ last 20 min. moderate. 5:34 am, 52-59° F, 55% humidity, wind 4 SSW, sunny. I had to get an early start today because I needed to be home before my boys left for young men's high adventure camp. My husband left with them because he's driving a group up to the camp site and then coming home. I had to be home to say goodbye to them and so that my daughter wouldn't be home alone after they left. I started out a good hour earlier than I've been starting lately, but I still wasn't early enough to be the sun. Actually, there was a good bit of shade at first because the sun wasn't very high in the sky. This wasn't really a progression run for the whole run, just for the second half. I intentionally took it easy during the first half, because the first half has a lot of up hill, particularly in the 3rd and 5th miles. The elevation gain for the first 5 miles was 594 feet, with 415 feet of elevation loss. The elevation gain for the second 5 miles was 308 feet, with 485 feet of elevation loss. So I saved the faster running for the net downhill part. I'm a wimp that way. Actually, I feel like quite a wimp looking at my splits today. Those last 2 miles were really hard for me, and they weren't that fast.Of course it was 59 degrees and sunny by then and I'm a heat wimp. 59 degrees and sunny kills me. Also, I really think I need to lose some weight if I'm going to get back to the shape I used to be in. AP: 9:51. Splits: 10:49, 10:25, 10:27, 10:10, 10:32, 9:54, 9:29, 9:19, 8:48, 8:40.
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