I left Maja home this morning because she slows me down and I needed to get some MP work in today. I headed out along my 19th-20th East route to 39th South at an easy pace, then stopped and stretched for a minute before turning around and coming back up the mild hill (but returning along 21st East instead of 19th) at MP effort. I left the Garmin home because I wanted to focus on effort and feel instead of stressing out about hitting my actual target pace. The first couple of miles felt pretty good. By the final 1.5 miles, I was pretty worn down, especially between 13th South and Zions Lutheran (where the hill gets steeper). Temperature was higher than usual, so I'm sure my HR was high. All in all, though, it was a good workout.
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