AM/Lunch: 14 miles, averaged 7:54. HR 150.
8-Mile Tempo @ Marathon Effort + 1 Mile Harder
I was hoping to run about 6:50 or 6:52 pace for marathon effort, so that I knew I could break 90' in the half. I didn't quite get there, but I was close. Effort was honest marathon effort and I didn't push too much toward the end as I typically might with the aerobic builder version of this, which generally has me going into steady state to half marathon effort for 1-3 miles. 6:55 average @ 163 BPM. Jogged a little bit and did a mile in 6:23. I was going to do another mile repeat, but my legs were a little sore/fatigued. That is what happens on low mileage with quality workouts, I guess.
7:09, 6:59, 6:58, 6:54, 6:54, 6:48, 6:53, 6:47.
Actually not too far off from the mile repeats on the treadmill I did on February 10, so a good sign to get these continuous (also that the treadmill is not always easier).
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