Meet up with Logan, Clyde, Dave, Mike, and Bill for a nice tempo run this morning from Clyde's house. Did a 3 mile warm-up, even though it was already 82 degrees out. Then got into the tempo. Everyone was planning on doing 6 miles of tempo, but I kind of felt for me that might be a bit much, so I just decided to start with everyone, then see how things were going after each mile.
1-6:00- feeling good
2-5:57- still feeling good
3-6:18- starting to struggle, begin thinking about only doing 5 miles of tempo
4-6:27- decide that 4 miles is where I'll stop today.
24:46 (6:11 average) Not bad, I think I can work up to maintaining this pace for the 6 miles or more depending where we run.
I then spent the next 4 miles trying to find my way back to the others. I took a few wrong turns up in Bloomington Hills, but I think I understand the course better now and look forward to next week. I'm pretty sure I'll be able to add another mile or two of tempo next week. | 