288 miles
Today was perfect. I ran to East High with Ethan and we put in a 4 mile tempo. I was only planning on doing a 20 minute tempo, but ended up extending to 4 miles. We decided to switch out leading every 2 laps and then each pick something to focus on form wise every 2 laps. It was wonderful. I was so focused I didn't even realize how fast we were going. The first time I checked my watch was about 15 minutes into the tempo. I could start to feel the pain set in around lap 10 and then the 13th and 14th laps were the hardest. We ended up killing the workout tho & finishing with a 5:55 avg. tempo pace for all 4 miles. The last couple of miles we were dipping down towards 5:40 as well. We were speeding and it was a really good time. Then this morning we had a bunch of runner friends over to watch the Olympic trials. What a race! It was a bummer Jared Ward didn't make the top 3, but I was glad Abdirahman made in. It was crazy to see a 43 year old out run so many young elite marathoners.
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