11.02 mi, 1:24:12, 7:38 avg
Started out finally about 6:50, warm and overcast. Weather.com said it was 79 degrees, but there was a slight breeze.
Warmed up with about 1.6 miles easy pace (feeling slow and clunky), ran out to 54 so I'd start the tempo portion just around the corner from Starkey Blvd.
Started the tempo portion and was wondering how far I could make it today. I haven't had one fully successful tempo run so far this training cycle. First mile was ok and I was making it through my second mile ok, and then into the third mile and it was starting to feel tough and I wanted to stop. The thing with stopping by choice during a tempo run is that it can really ruin it for me. However, if I stop for some reason outside of my doing then I seem to be ok.
And soon, I saw Beka running toward me, looking a bit tired and discouraged. She was running a 20 mile training run since she'd be travelling on Saturday and the heat had gotten to her. Stopped and said hi and said some words of encouragement, but secretly I knew she had just saved me. She told me where they had stashed a cooler in case I needed water, I wished her a good vacation and then went on my way. The rest of the miles weren't easy but I knew I'd get them done. One of the miles was a little slower but not far off and the average of the tempo miles was good.
Splits: 6:46, 6:53, 6:45, 6:51, 7:02, 6:49
After the tempo miles I still had a bit over two miles to get back home. Felt good on the final mile with 7:25 pace.
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