Jamaica pond tempo run. I could hardly fall asleep last night I was so nervous. This is my second tempo run, and I'm not really sure of what pace to run, but I do know it's going to be hard! I tried out my new Kinvaras for the 2 mile warmup. Decided at 1.4 miles they were not cushioned enough, so ran to the car to switch into my Cortanas. I started my tempo 2 miles in. Checked my watch right away once I felt a comfortably hard pace: 7:45 min/mi, oh yeah, I'm slow! I just ignore it and keep up the pace, I glance again, 7:07 min/mi (lap average)! Great news, the trees are messing with my GPS! I just run it out. My splits were: 7:13, 7:15, 7:13, 7:21. I don't know about that last split. With 0.3 miles left I saw I was at 7:20 average for the lap, so I picked it up. I was at 7:19 with 0.08 miles left, picked it up again. Then ran under some trees and it took FOREVER to click over. I blame the trees. :) AVERAGE TEMPO PACE: 7:15 min/mi! Holla! This course wasn't pancake flat, it had several 10 ft climbs. I think I'm getting closer to my old tempo pace already! Finished up with some easy miles shaking things out. Finished with a mini crossfit WOD: 21-15-9 kettlebell swings and pushups. Then hit the PT exercises like clockwork. My legs are still sore from Monday!! I'm heading to Breckenridge, CO tomorrow evening for my Bachelorette party weekend!!! I have a recovery run Friday and attempting a 14 miler Saturday both at ~10,000 ft elevation. I have no idea what I'm doing. Does anyone have suggestions? I was thinking just wear a hr monitor and go by hr and time instead of distance?
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