Finally, a good tempo run.
I had to go back to Pine Valley tonight to mow, this time I took Sunny and the younger boys. After mowing for about an hour I got ready and took off for a run back down to Central. I was planning on doing a 2 mile warm-up and then 6 miles of tempo, and the 1 mile cool-down. However, after jogging down to the church which was 1 mile I felt ready to begin the tempo.
1-6:29 This mile was mainly uphill, leaving Pine Valley
2-6:17 Kind of rolling
3-5:44 Now we are starting to hit some nice downhill
4-5:57 Mostly downhill to flat. Mentally kind of losing it
5-5:41 Good downhill and refocused
6-5:40 Another good mile, thinking I would stop after 6, but was feeling good so I kept going
7-5:48 This mile was a tough flat mile and I struggled the last .5
41:41 (5:57 average)
Did just 1 mile cool-down and then Sunny picked me up and we drove home.
Overall, I'm pretty pleased with this run. I've been struggling and this was a good workout to make me feel a little better. I think more than anything the change of scenary was nice. The temp's were ok, but not as cool as yesterday or I would have preferred, still quite warm out when I was doing the workout. | 