10.16@8:17
2 mile warm up , then 5 x 1 mile @10K pace (target 7:00-7:15 range) with 3 minute easy jog between, then two miles cool down. I'd programmed my watch for this workout by updating a previous 4 x 1 mile workout but the changes didn't take, but I was just able to run the 5th repeat as part of the "cooldown" since the default lap is 1 mile.
I was being indecisive about where to run with choices being: 1. In Westlake Village where I'd loop around on slighly rolling small hills, 2. Starkey Blvd near Longleaf where it is flat and the tall trees block the morning sun, or 3. Starkey Gap Trail which is flat, more open and I've had some workouts there where I didn't quite get on pace.
I chose Starkey Gap trail because the clouds were darker to the north. Ran two miles south for the warm up, then farther south with a turnaround, and then kind of back and forth until ending back north where I stashed my water then heading south for the last one.
Things went pretty well, hit my paces with last three being a little too fast. Took a PowerBar hyrdogel after the first repeat (watery enough "gel" you can take without water). Splits: 7:10, 7:06, 6:58, 6:54, 6:52
Felt good considering the 79 degrees and 89 percent humidity, cloud cover helped, very few drops of rain, the thunder stayed to the north.
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