I ran 15 miles this morning. I got up at 4:40am so that I would have time to get in my run before heading off to school. Low temperature this morning was forecast at 87 degrees, and I imagine that it was accurate. I ran a 3 x 2 mile workout starting 5.75 miles into the run, just trying to hit a solid marathon effort. I ran the first repeat in 10:52 (5:25, 5:27) followed by a one mile recovery. The second repeat was an 11:08 (5:44, 5:24). This repeat was slower because the first mile was uphill, I had a 180 degree turn halfway through and I ran back down, whereas the first repeat had a net downhill for both miles (net downhill, but still slow because of rollers, heat, sharp turns, etc). The last repeat was also a 10:52 (5:34, 5:18) with both miles giving me a net downhill, while dealing with a short but nasty hill in the first mile. The effort was fairly consistent for all three repeats. It is hard to say how fast the effort was worth in good conditions (flat, cool, etc) but I did not feel like I was ever really hammering the pace, which is good. I finished by running home, with a total time for 15 miles of 1:43:13.
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