8.21@7:28 HR 160 bpm
1.11@7:54 HR 160 bpm
I was under the impression that it would be pouring rain all day, so plan was to try and get some miles in before the rain started. Was barely sprinkling when I started and didn't rain much while running, in fact rain mostly held off vs what was predicted although I may have missed some (some friends of mine were doing a 7 hour timed loop and still some others were running a hundred mile race on Florida's east coast, they probably had a different opinion on amount of rain).
So, decided on a little bit longer tempo run than last time, adding one more mile but at a little more relaxed pace, also did stop at water fountain early on to wash down a gel (PowerBar apple flavor). Towards the end of the run a big delivery truck did a rolling not quite stop as I was trying to cross the intersection at Woodcutter/Lakeview so had to briefly stop, was kind of mad at the driver but had to let it go.
With all that said, after a slower first mile, was able to stay under 7:30 for remainder. After one mile warmup (9:17 pace), got going faster:
7:35, 7:10, 7:19, 7:18, 7:05, 7:16, 6:53, 0.22@6:40
Would like to figure out how to stretch similar splits to these into a half marathon.
Stopped my watch after the tempo portion but figured I'd add on a little more so got going with a little more than a mile at 7:54 pace which felt easy after the tempo miles.
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