Specific-Endurance Intervals - 2 miles easy, 5 x 1 mile @ 10K pace w/3-min. active recoveries, 2 miles easy. Average pace: 8:35. 9:00 am, 49° F, 69% humidity, wind 5 NNW. 49 degrees is not that cold, but I felt chilly on this run whenever I was running at an easy pace. I think it was because of that North wind. I debated whether to run this workout today or run easy today and save this workout for tomorrow because tomorrow I'm going up to Westminster to run with the FFF (Fabulously Fast and Fit) Nan. But the weather is supposed to be bad tomorrow, so I decided to get the hard workout done today while the weather was tolerable. Also, I put on the magic shoes, so I had no choice but to run fast. So I guess I'll have to make Nan run slowly tomorrow. My pace for the 2 mile warm-up was 9:32. My target 10K pace was 7:45. My splits for the 5 x 1 miles were 7:58, 7:49, 7:41, 7:38, 7:37. My pace for the 2 mile cool-down was 9:04. During the 3-min. recovery after my first fast mile, I passed a guy standing at an intersection holding a sign encouraging people to vote for 4 school board candidates. As I went past, I told him that I voted for all four of them (it's a mail-in ballot only) and he said, "You rock." That's kind of a nice thing to hear as you're running along.
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