AM - got to sleep in a bit, as I had to do some troubleshooting with our network team from home. PM - ran on the dreadmill, 6 miles. Warmed up first .5 at 8:30 pace, belt seemed to be catching a bit, so I decided to increase the pace to 7:30/mile to see if it helped. It did, a little, at least I didn't seem to be getting thrown off balance. At the 1 mile mark, was getting sick of the treadmill already, so I decided to turn the run into a 1/2 MP tempo run. Increased speed to 6:40/mile, ran that pace for 4 miles, no problems, then decided to bump the speed up to 6:00/mile (max on my treadmill) for as long as I felt good. Stayed at that pace for 1/2 mile, then cooled down 1/2 mile at 8:30 pace. Total time for the run was 41:59, average pace of 7:00/mile. Felt good, but glad to be off the treadmill. I need to find a different time to run. Lybi runs every evening with Christine at 8:45, which forces me to stay home with the boys. I either need to a) start running early in the morning again, which I don't particularly want to do, because my achilles is always stiff in the morning, b) run as soon as I get home from work, which is difficult for Lybi because she is usually teaching piano lessons, c) run after dinner but before family scripture study (7:30) or d) continue to run on the treadmill. AARRGH!
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