Big Workout - I looked back at my training last year and this week last year I did a big workout that I thought I would repeat today. It consisted of a 5 mile brisk warmup on the TOU marathon course to mile 18, then picked it up to Tinman Tempo pace for 2.5 miles more (on hollow road) before turning around and continuing all the way home (10 miles total) at TT pace. It went like this... Warmup miles - 7:10, 6:57, 7:08, 6:54, 6:55 Tempo stuff - 6:30 up, 6:28 up, 6:20 up/down, 6:13 down, 6:16 down, 6:38 millville hill, 6:34 rest of the hill, 6:27 down, 6:26 flat, 6:17 flat It went pretty well. That is other than being cold (below 40 outside), especially my hands. They were totally frozen. Must be time to break out the gloves. I was able to beat my total time from last year by 1:45. It was about 10 seconds a mile faster during the tempo miles. T-1:39:15 (6:37) 161 ave 170 max
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