9 mile tempo in 49:49 on a brand-new, state-of-the-art treadmill at the Woodbury location of Lifetime Fitness, which had much better airflow and much nicer equipment than the White Bear location. Started with a 5:47, settled down into 5:33 pace, and kept it there (occasionally dipping to 5:27-5:30) through mile 8 before hitting the last mile in 5:21. Average pace of 5:32, which is ridiculous. Of course, I don't get to count treadmill pace as legitimate since I'm not at altitude, so, by my calculations, it would've been about 5:46 on a regular road without the benefit of lack of wind resistance, roughly what I held for 8 miles in my last tempo. Once again, it felt like roughly half marathon effort, so it would be exciting to see what I could hit for 13.1 if fully tapered and rested. I'd put money on a 1:14 right now.
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