Medium-long run. 5:14 am, 35°F, 89% humidity, wind 7 EHE, overcast, with a few sprinkles during the last mile or so. Running 12 miles just sounded too hard. So instead I just ran my 4 mile loop 3 times. That sounded easier. That's how I tricked myself into getting this run done. Also, this 4 mile loop, while definitely not flat, is more of a series of shorter ups and downs instead of big long up or down stretches like I get when I go on my longer routes. I had to run early today because I have meetings all morning at work and I don't want to wait until the afternoon to run.
I feel encouraged that I was able to go a little faster than my recovery pace, but I still went pretty slowly. I didn't want to push too hard because I'm trying to save something for Saturday's MP run. Incidentally, tomorrow is the only day all week that I have less than 10 miles on my schedule. I'm looking forward to that. My oldest son drove son #2 to seminary since I wouldn't be home in time. When I passed the house at the end of the 2nd loop, I saw that the garage was open and the car was gone, so I knew they had gone to seminary. My son is not very good about closing the garage. However, when I got home from the 3rd loop the garage was closed, so he did close it when he got back home. I think there might be only a week of seminary left this school year, or maybe there's two. I'm not sure. Seminary finishes up for the year before school does. AP: 9:32. Splits: 10:36, 10:02, 9:27, 9:30, 9:33, 9:29, 9:14, 9:21, 9:33, 9:20, 9:13, 9:12.
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