2 miles Easy in 16:46 (8:23/mi, avg HR 146) warmup. 10 miles Steady State in 1:09:52 (6:59/mi, avg HR 174) with splits: 7:23(up), 7:17(up), 6:58(up/down), 7:19(up), 7:27(up), 6:54(flat), 6:37(down), 6:31(down), 6:38(down), 6:43(down). 2 miles Easy in 16:48 (8:24/mi, avg HR 147) cooldown. A pleasant day (finally) for my SS run. Sunshine, 35 deg temps, and what little headwind there was occurred on the downhill for once. I tried to keep the pace a bit lighter than last week, but I must be a slave to the watch since my overall pace was only 2 seconds slower. Effort felt a bit easier, but I still wound up starting to lose form around the 8 mile mark, and by 9 was working pretty hard. A not-so-brief pit stop after the SS before the cooldown meant I was a bit cold and stiff already during the cooldown run, but I managed to warm back up and get the muscles loose for stretching. Virtually no leg/glutes pain, so it appears moderating the new stretch and doing it several times a day appears to be working. Keeping my fingers crossed.
Brooks Adrenaline (Yellow) - 181.5 miles.
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