7.05 mi, 1:07:43, 9:36 avg, elev gain 247 feet
Today is the first day of being back on a marathon training plan, 24 weeks long, possibly targeting the Tomoka marathon. I did not want to run very far. 7 miles is not that far but it seemed impossibly far starting out. But, one foot in front of the other, felt better after about 2.5 miles and slowly gained some movement (first half mile was like 11:30ish pace where I just felt stuck).
So, ending up at 9:36 average is not bad - training pace range for "easy" is 9:03-9:57 which is based on 3 mile time trial I did last week.
The weather was amazing. Sleep was not so good, baby slept pretty well then I woke up startled at 6:25 when a vase accidentally got knocked off and triggered the glass break alarm (one of the kids was up early to finish homework). Fell back asleep for a bit and then woke up feeling less rested.
I did postpone strides to tomorrow as a compromise. Without the schedule I probably would have only run 3-4 miles this morning.
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