Workout day. 12.5 mile Young Ward via landfill loop. Today's workout kicked by butt. I had decided to do a mile warmup and then 8 miles of Tinman Tempo then about 7's the rest of the way. My goal was to have the tempo miles be between 6:25 and 6:30. Things started out ok, but quickly went downhill. I ran a 7:03 warmup mile then went 6:25, 6:26, 6:29, 6:30, 6:34, 6:37, 6:39, 6:51. I could've sworn that there was a headwind the whole way (even though I ran west then south, then east). I was fighting to keep the pace under 6:30, but by the end I had nothing. Very miserable run. I tried to maintain a decent pace for the rest of the run, but that was a challenge too. I finished with 7:05, 7:22, 7:20, and 7:20 pace for the .5. Good to have that done, but man was that miserable. Some days you got it some days you don't.
Total time: 1:25:00 (6:48) 162 ave
PM: Easy run with Jon to shake out the legs. I met him halfway into his run. He was doing some tempo work on the Canal Trail. We ran a nice easy pace cause I said so. Stood in the canal afterward to ice the legs. Felt wonderful.
5.6 Miles @ 7:50 pace 146 ave | 