It was windy and cold when I woke up this morning, so I wimped out and went to the health club for a treadmill tempo run. I warmed up two miles, and then ran a 5 mile tempo run starting at 10.0 mph, and increasing .1 every five minutes. I ran this workout about three weeks ago, and could only make four miles, and it was miserable. I actually felt strong through the whole run, and thought about adding one more mile, but decided not to get too crazy! (I'm not always sure the treadmills are calibrated correctly, so maybe mine was slow. But, the effort felt right.) I ran 29:30 for five miles. Then, I cooled down for two more miles. Total time for nine miles was 57:10.
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