Today's run was the third attempt at a tempo run. The last two had gone ok but I did not run them through without taking a break due to heat and giving up (in fairness to myself it may have really been the heat and I was just being "smart" and listening to my body, or maybe I was just giving up? who knows). Anyway, today's went much better. Early September can still be kind of warm and humid in the morning but this morning it was just cool enough, about 75° and 80% humidity. I ran up and back on Starkey Blvd for the tempo portion which is the first time I have done that there. On my "easy" runs I often end up going faster than planned when I run this route so I figured it would help me for today's run. I warmed up with 2 easy miles to get from my house to the start of Starkey Blvd. I paused for a moment, stretched out a little then got going. I got into my pace pretty quickly and then hung on. First 3 miles went by pretty well, the 4 th one was a little bit of a struggle but not terrible. At the time though, I was afraid that this is where I'd start falling apart, where my pace would slow inexplicably and I'd helplessly try to bring it back up to no avail. Fortunately, that did not happen. My body got into the rhythm of it and held the pace. As I finished up the 5th mile I knew I could finish. The 6th mile was my fastest mile which brought me to the last mile, counting it down until it was done. splits were: 6:45, 6:48, 6:48, 6:57, 6:54, 6:44, 6:51 Walked for just a short bit and then took it easy on the rest of the run home. Cooled down in the pool when I got home. Jenny was glad my run went well and told me she was proud of me :) Thanks Jenny!
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