I slept in a little because of the holiday, and didn't leave until 7:25am. I'm considering running the Spanish Fork half marathon this Saturday. Kerry is planning to run it as a long threshold pace training run and I'm inclined to join him. Kerry is thinking about running about a 7:30 pace, so I thought I'd see what that felt like this morning. I wanted to run a fairly level course, without stoplights or intersections to get in the way, so I decided to run on the canal road. I decided to warm up for a mile, run 3 miles at around a 7:30 pace, then run another 6 miles at an easy pace. As usual, I started the first fast mile too fast. My splits for those 3 miles were 7:16, 7:33, and 7:31 (average 7:27/mi). The next 6 miles were 8:45, 8:59, 8:29, 8:47, 8:36, and 7:59 (average 8:36/mi). I could have pushed the fast miles faster, but I knew I had 6 miles to go afterward. I ran those 6 miles at an "easy" pace, but they weren't all that easy. I may have still been feeling some effects from the 20 mile run on Saturday. Still, it felt good to work and I enjoyed the run. I'm glad I didn't start any later than I did. It felt good most of the run, and it was nice not starting in the dark, but it was starting to get pretty warm the last few miles.
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