8.27 in overall time of 1:08:42. Decided to do speed work today. Did a 3.75 mile warm-up and then the goal was to do 5 1/2 mile repeats. I've been doing this the last two weeks, but the workouts have been on the TM. Today I found a stretch of road that was pretty wide and had descent light and minimal traffic (1100 west just north of Main St.). Here were the splits for the 1/2 mile repeats:
1-0.51 3:13 6:18 pace
2-0.52 3:08 6:06 pace
3-0.51 3:09 6:12 pace
4-0.51 3:11 6:14 pace
5-0.51 3:01 5:57 pace
The first couple were tough. Just seemed like I was having to work too hard. Tried to relax after that and it seemed to help. It seemed easier to do these on the TM, but I went a little faster today than I have been going on the TM. PM - 4.04 miles right after work. Averaged about 7:37 for the entire run. I just naturally run a lot faster in the evenings as compared to the mornings.
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