Met my team at Tom Watson Park for some tempo running around Boulder Res 15 min warm up, stretching, strides. 20 minutes at marathon effort. Pretty flat trail around the dam; my splits were 6:00, 5:53, 6:01, final .4 at 6:14 pace with a hill. 4 minutes jog to re-group 20 minutes at half marathon effort. This section had a lot more hills than the first. Splits were 5:56, 6:11 (big long hill), 5:50, final .4 in 6:08 pace (short killer hill at the end). 4 minutes jog 5 minutes hard (I did 5:40 pace) 10 minute cool down This was a pretty tough workout. It was hot and its always pretty much fully exposed when we run around Boulder Reservoir. I've been hydrating a ton since I finished. The good news is that my right ankle/lower leg didn't hurt at all! Yeah! I talked to Coach afterwards and told him I do want him to get me into the New Haven 20K on Labor Day. After talking to Aaron about it the past couple of weeks we think it would be a great opportunity for me to race the elite competition at sea-level and hopefully give me some added confidence going into Baltimore. It will be my first National Championship and my first 20K. Darren said Colleen may be doing it too which is cool. I'll probably just make it a very quick trip. Aaron will stay home with the kids and I'll fly out Sunday, race Monday morning and fly home Monday evening.
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