7.81 mi, 1:05:25, 8:23 avg
Ran at Longleaf with the Striders, starting just after 5:30. I had been thinking about doing another tempo run but couldn't find my ipod and also thought maybe also skip it due to the half marathon this past Sunday and wanted to get my legs back to normal before Sunday's Long Play run.
After I got to my turn around I picked it up, first to 7:54, then to 7:15, then I jogged a little and then did 10 by 25 second strides with 50 seconds of rest. I was able to get below 6:00 pace on all but two of them and got the last one down to 5:19.
I was feeling pretty good after doing these short fast bursts.
Said hi to several of the Striders at the ending area and then stopped by Havana Dreamers and joined Keith, Bret, and Patrick for their Thursday informal fellowship meeting.
This evening I found out my brother Jim got into NYC Marathon through the lottery so we will both be going. Ryan from the Striders already accepted from his super fast 2:59 at Berlin Marathon.
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