Late afternoon, ran out on the 6.5 mile trail loop from my house, tried to go a bit faster on a longer run than I have been in the recent past - instead of around 8:30 min/mile like I have been lately, I was aiming for around 7:30 min/mile. It was harder than I thought it would be, my first 3 mile times were 7:51, 7:40, 7:34 and .5 mile at 7:42 pace, then a half-mile break at 8:25 min/mile, then 7:50, 7:38, and another .5 mile at 7:29 pace. I'm way more out of shape than I thought I was, well, at least for running longer distances faster. I'll be working on my endurance more! I think, though, that the fact that I went swimming for a while got a killer sunburn made me a bit tireder for running today.
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