AM: 14 miles, averaged 7:18. HR 152.
8-Mile Aerobic Builder in 51:30 (6:26 Avg. @ 166 BPM)
6:35, 6:24, 6:23, 6:23, 6:24, 6:30, 6:27, 6:24
Boys were off for screening and they were having some trouble, so I was a bit worried. They only wanted one parent, so Megan took them. Sawyer had a bit of trouble, but I think they were overtired. Need to get them to bed sooner, but with twins they never want to go to bed.
The weather was pretty decent. Cool, but not cold, but warming up. I took a slightly longer route to the tempo loop for a change in pace. I was planning on a 6-mile tempo and 3 x 1 mile around goal half marathon pace. First mile was slower than I wanted but told myself it would do no good to force it. Contractors were doing work at one of the houses blocking most of the road, so it made one of the corners a little tricky becauce Michiganers think unobstructed driving is a god-given right.
Felt generally pretty solid. HR was a little elevated, but the effort felt pretty much in line with what I have been doing, but much closer to my 8-mile tempos of my late 20s and early 30s. I decided to go to 8 miles and see if I could knock of a mile repeat or two, but I was ready to be done and my stomach was telling me lentil tacos with corn dip at 10:30 last night was not my wisest timing. Did a shorter than planned cool down of two miles.
I'm pretty happy with this one. It's the first time in 5-6 years (at least) that I've gone sub-6:30 miles in a workout. I was also sub-40' for 10k. On Monday, a sub-20' 5k almost killed me, and I was just above that pace for almost 52' today.
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