Waited until around 8am to hit the JRP trail starting at the Iron Bridge. Wanted to get some tempo miles in. 2 mile warm up - 8:44,8:49, then 5 mile tempo 6:52,6:48,6:51,6:50,6:47, 2 mile cool down 8:36,8:27. AP 7:37
I was hoping to have a lot more pop in the legs after taking it easy this week. The warm up and cool down almost hurt more than the faster miles. I kept telling myself to relax on the tempo run, the mind is a crazy thing, once I got it in my head I was just going to do 5 miles faster that was all my body would let me do. I also thing it is past time to buy some new shoes. I just hope they last a few more weeks without causing any injuries, as I want them somewhat fresh for the race.
On a positive note my wife bought her (well me) a new gps watch, just got to figure it out | 