AM - 13 miles. 3 up, 2 down, 8 mile AT* Tempo in 43:00 (5:23/mi avg). Splits - 5:26, 5:25, 5:23, 5:23, 5:26, 5:18, 5:20, 5:21. I had 6-8 miles @ 5:20-5:30 pace on the schedule, so I'm happy that I was on the longer/quicker end of the spectrum, while keeping the effort level where I wanted it to be. I would have been perfectly happy if this morning's workout was 5:30 average... I've got a long way to go from here, but I'm not starting at a bad place right now. PM - 30 minutes of pool running w/ Andrea. [*I'm using "AT" (Aerobic Threshold) instead of "MP" (Marathon Pace) from now on... its mainly just semantics, but I feel like it does a better job of capturing what the workout is really about. Marathon effort can be 5:05s on downhills and 5:45s on uphills... that's a big range, so you aren't really always running within that +/- 5 seconds of goal MP. I really like the way Mark Hadley classifies different types of workouts.] Got a good night of sleep on our new mattress. A couple weeks ago Lindsey D suggested two ways for Andrea to break out of her injury cycle - have a baby or get a new mattress. Needless to say, I became a big fan of shopping for mattresses immediately! Between the new mattress and the inversion table that now takes up a large portion of the living room, I really should NOT have any back problems in the future! :-)
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