Larry and I (Wayne never showed) worked our way over to THS for a couple of miles as warm up then did a couple of tempo miles on the track. My half mile splits were 3:31, 3:33, 3:33, and 3:27, so 7:04 and 7:00 for the two miles. We then ran back home at an easy pace. I actually feel pretty good about the run. I was pushing pretty hard for the two miles, but it was more of a fast marathon effort than an all out speed run. I didn't want to go all out and risk an injury. I just wanted to try a bit of a faster pace.
At noon I ran Lake View with Tom, Nathan, and Steve (King). Tom, Nathan, and I had agreed it would be at an "easy" pace. I didn't struggle too badly, but averaging 7:51/mi for the 5.2 miles is a little faster than "easy" for me. I was okay with it, though. I wanted to train hard Mon-Wed this week before backing off a little before the Spectrum 10K on Saturday.
This is my first double (two runs in one day) in quite a while. I actually feel pretty good. I'm looking forward to seeing what I can do on Saturday after resting my legs a little after three weeks of increased mileage.
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