Plan was to meet MacK at Loafer, then meet TylerS on the warm up. MacK didn't end up showing because her daughter's ear drum had the audacity to rupture in the wee hours. So I eventually found Tyler and we warmed up. My watch died within .5 mile of warm up, so I had no watch. As I was warming up alone I decided if I didn't find Tyler or MacK, I would need to bail on the workout until the afternoon, after I had a chance to charge the watch. There is no way I could do a 6 mile tempo without a watch, trying to target a certain pace. We warmed up on canal road, about 2.7 total, then did 3 miles out and back on canal road. Goal was 6:27-6:38 pace. I did pretty much 6:25 the whole time. Tylers watch died at 5.6 miles, but we were targeted for a 6:23 on the last mile, so I bet we got a 6:25. He was much stronger than me the last 1.5 miles, encouraging me to keep my turnover going and stay loose. I was in pain and the last mile I had to go to the bathroom, so I would surge and back off, then surge, etc. At times Tyler was 2-3 secs ahead of me but was always nice enough to let me catch up. We saw Clay at 5.7 miles or so, and he stopped and chatted with us at the finish of the tempo. I hit the bushes, and had some rendezvous with the porcelain fixture once I got home. Thus the drop in weight. My body is basically saying, WHAT THE FREAK ARE YOU DOING TO ME!!!! Tyler will post actual splits when he gets his watch charged. But they were pretty even. (6:27, 6:25, 6:24, 6:25, 6:23, 6:23-25) total time: about 32:30, or 6:25 ave I got my ab dvds in the mail yesterday and will be doing my first workout with them today!!! Core workout: McMillan's stage 2, level 2 ish, plus 30x 5 lb weight launch 3 ways. Some were hard (like the metronome x 15) while others, like the bicycle crunch, I have been doing for a while so I did more than level 1. About 25 min.
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