As planned, I woke up this morning at 4:45 and made it to the Y by 5:20 to meet Keith. Dixie was also there as well as Nelson and Raj. It had been raining all night but the rain had stopped so it was a little bit humid but still relatively cool. We warmed up with an easy paced 1.5 miles, then started the tempo run. I was the keeper of the pace and Keith had asked for a pace between 7:00 and 7:10. First mile was at 7:07, second at 7:03. The last mile was at 6:54. Ironically it was Keith, along with Nelson who had picked things up for the last mile. I was hanging back a bit in hopes they would slow back down. This speed up had something to do with a political discussion which became heated. With all of the talking going on maybe we weren't running fast enough? I'm going to encourage the group to add on another mile next week if everyone else has time. On the return trip back, ran at about an 8:15 pace. The rain started up again but wasn't too heavy until after we got back. I headed inside, did 10 minutes on the bike, 10 minutes on the rower then a full body weight routine. After I got home I stretched a little bit, did some knee raises and one set of 20 pull ups. I had plenty of time to get ready for work and left about half an hour earlier than usual. I feel like I have so much time in the morning when I get up this early.
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