I didn't get out today until lunch so it was much warmer (78) than normal. Today I wanted to do a 4 mile tempo run targeted at 6:40 pace. I was a little stiff starting out. Probably from the 6 hour drive back from Huntsville last night. I loosened up pretty quickly and did a 3 mile warmup then started the tempo: Here are the splits:
1st mile - 6:42
2nd -6:37
3rd - 6:32
4th - 6:28
Avg - 6:35
The first mile I strugged a little bit just getting moving and settling into the right pace. I wanted to pick up the pace as I went and felt good the 2nd and 3rd miles. I was starting to really feel the effort on the 4th mile but didn't have to push too hard. I think I could have stretched it to 5 miles if I didn't pick up the pace on the 3rd and 4th miles. Very happy with the run in the warmer weather and best tempo that I have done in awhile.
58:07 (7:15 avg) | 