Another very early morning. I think I actually started before 5. I went over to the club so I could finish before Teren went out on his run. As my mileage increases, it becomes more difficult for both of us to get our workouts in before he goes to work. I kind of like it better in the fall when he runs on his lunch break. It gives me more time in the morning. I guess I need to hire some babysitters on some of these mornings. I warmed up 2 miles. Then, I ran a 45 minute tempo run. My goal was to ease into it and make it the entire 45 minutes. I started at 9.6 mph, and increased .1 every 5 minutes. The first 15 minutes was nice and relaxed. In fact, I felt great the entire first half hour. the last 20 minutes was run under 6 minute pace. I finished off the last 2 minutes under 5:40 pace. 7.43 miles in 45 minutes. I ran 7 miles in 42:34, so 6:05 pace. Of course, because it was a treadmill run, take the times with a grain of salt. It should help my turnover to go a bit faster, though. I cooled down until I hit 11 miles. When I got home I did some one legged squats and some lunges. | 