8 miles / 8:42 avg. Early lunch run from work. Sunny, upper 60's. The first three miles felt awful. I felt light headed and weak. I decided to try some 1 minute intervals and see if that would fix things. Since this wasn't a workout, I took 2 minutes in between the 1 minute surges (<7 min. pace). After 8 intervals I was feeling better and ran mile 7 at 7:46. Then did two more one minute surges and cooled down for a total of 8 miles. So, although this was an easy paced run overall, it was a good mental exercise. Splits: 9:16, 9:05, 9:15, 8:32, 8:19, 8:46, 7:46, 8:40.
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