LM warmup, 10.11 miles in 1:16:26, 7:22/mi, HR 153, w/ 2 mile warmup, 6 x Strides, 2 x Drills, 7 x 4 min on/2 min off Fartleks, 2+ mile cooldown, core workout & stretching. 30s & cloudy. Roads a bit of a mess in spots after snow yesterday, but better than expected. Only really affected the overall pace in a few spots. Plan was for 6 repeats but I felt so good (well, okay, not really good, but not nearly as crappy as one normally feels after 5 repeats) that I decided to add a 7th and to push the mileage past 10. Uphill ones were in the mid-to-upper 6 min range, up and down one at 6:05 and the downhill (last) at 5:35/mi, so I cannot complain. In fact, the paces were pretty close or better than those I ran two weeks ago on 3 minute repeats. The last couple of cooldown miles were a bit of a slog though and the legs were definitely tired.
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