Today's run was great, I loved it. It was a little bit warm but nothing that would slow me down and the humidity was not bad. I was planning on 7 miles with a 4 mile tempo run.
I warmed up with a little bit over two miles, after having already warmed up on the stationary bike inside the Y. I crossed the street to the neighborhood across from the Y, dropped off my drink bottle and then got started. First mile felt pretty good. Second mile was a little bit of a struggle to hold the pace. As I started the third mile I was having issues with my headphones so I stopped briefly. So, maybe this doesn't count exactly as a five mile tempo run. I don't think I stopped for more than 10 or 15 seconds. Anyway I got going again and felt faster. I got to the 4th mile and it wasn't too bad. I figured then I'd do one more mile just for fun, icing on the cake sort of thing. Now, since I was doing it just because I wanted to I felt faster. For a good part of that last mile I was on track for a sub 6:00 pace and it was starting to feel hard, so I backed it down, although not by too much. Not a great idea to go that fast on a tempo run but it was a lot of fun.
Tempo splits: 6:56, 6:56, 6:38, 6:41, 6:09 After the fast miles, I went back to my usual easy pace and headed back to the Y and then home.
Average pace: 7:39 | 