Medium-long run. 6:59 am, 47° F, 69% humidity, wind 6 SSW. It was sunny and beautiful for the first part of my run and then it got very overcast and gloomy. I played hooky from the sub-6 club again today. I actually got to bed on time (but not early) last night, but then I couldn't make myself get up since I didn't absolutely have to. I actually did a little bit of work before I went out on my run. I ran my home/work loop, which kicked my butt last Thursday. I don't mind those hills when I don't have to hit a certain pace, but I don't think I'll ever try to run that route as a tempo run again. I made a pit/water stop at Walgreens at about the end of mile 6. No matter which of my routes I run around here, there's always one or more Walgreens on my route. There are four different ones that I pass regularly when I'm running, but not all of them in the same run (often 3 in one run though). Actually, I passed three today, but not the same three as usual. It seems as if the approach during this mesocycle is to do a day of speedwork followed by a medium-long or long run so that you are fatigued for the long run. This pairing occurs several times in this mesocycle, the first occurrence being yesterday and today. AP: 9:21. Splits: 10:09, 9:35, 9:27, 9:17, 9:31, 9:24, 9:26, 9:19, 9:06, 9:00, 8:54, 9:18, 9:14, 9:17.
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