Had my weekly tempo run today. Last night I really wasn't sure I could do this today. I even called Mark to seek sympathy in hopes that he would say, "Na, bag it. You don't need no stinking tempo run." I got none and he didn't say that... I did some easy but fairly thorough stretching before bedtime and that seemed to help by morning.
Did one mile warm up at 8:41 pace and then started a 7 mile tempo (supposed to be 8 but that's another part of the story). Splits were as follows:
- 6:58
- 6:48
- 6:54
- 6:59
- 7:09
- 7:13
- 7:06
As you can see I gradually slowed. I think I'm just not yet in shape enough to run faster than 7 - 7:10 for this distance. I think if I had stayed around 7:10 - 7:15 I would have had no problem. I will need to be conservative for next week's race.
Time: 5:38 am Total Time: 1:07::28 (7:24 avg)
Temp: 70 Humidity: 73%
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