Teren had to leave for all day meetings at 7:30, which means I had to start my run at five. Fun. Since I only ran one workout this week, I decided to run a long tempo. I went to the gym. I hate running alone in the dark if I can avoid it. I have been inching my long tempos up a little at a time. Today I ran thirteen miles, starting at 6:44, and increasing the pace every mile or so by .1. It is a little more gradual progression than the 6:45, 6:30, 6:15, 6:00 workout. It was just a touch slower, but a mile longer. Two mile warm up. 13 at 6:22 average, mile cooldown. 16 miles total in 6:38 average. I plan to start bumping the long runs up to the 18-20 mile range next week. My husband's schedule is killing me lately. I took 9:15 Zumba. I'm going to be crashing soon. | 