Warm and humid this morning (74, 85%). Or should I say very sticky? I planned a tempo run today to get more focus on running faster. I felt ok starting out today. At least I didn't have that crazy side stitch I had the last few days. After a couple of miles I started feeling much better. I wanted to run my tempo miles in 7:00. After last week's race and with the heat/humidity I didn't want to set my goals to high.
I felt good starting the tempo and the first mile went pretty easy in 6:51. The second mile I didn't feel quite as good and I let the pace slip a little to 7:00 but that was still ok. The 3rd mile was probably my roughest and I consider shutting it down after the this mile in 7:05 but kept going and I'm glad that I did because I was able to pick up the pace on the last mile and finish in 6:52.
I did feel better today running the tempo than I did in the race on Sat and the pace was about the same so hope that is a good sign. Also, after looking back over my log I found out that July was my highest mileage month ever at 237 miles. If all stays on schedule should go higher in Aug.
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