A.M. Green grass. Remembering a popular Russian song from the time I was a teenager about the astronauts that dream of green grass by their house instead of the rumbling noise of the space center or the icy cold of the blue colors of the outer space. 10.04 miles on grass today. Barefoot as usual. 26 laps around Grandview. Some of it with Jeff. Ran a tempo for 11 laps (4.248). First 8 laps (3.089) kept HR under control around 152. Except this time I did not have to send verbal alerts to Jeff at all. And a few times I did have to pull alongside to push the pace when HR dropped to 149. First 8 laps in 18:13 - 5:53.8 average. Then I told Jeff I wanted to pick it up. He asked how much. I said 2:12 per lap. I really wanted 2:10, but Jeff is an overachiever so you have to tell him a bit slower. We did the last 3 laps in 6:27 (2:10 - 2:10 - 2:07), 5:34 average, and that felt good. HR was 157-158 at 2:10 (5:36 pace), and 161 at 2:07 (5:29). The good news is that it did not feel unbearable - I felt like if I were in a race I would have a while at that effort before getting dropped, or even might not get dropped at all. Total time for 11 laps was 24:40, 5:48 average. Total time for 26 laps (10.04) was 1:07:21. I was happy that I was able to get this time without working too hard. It was only 6 seconds slower than a couple of weeks ago but it took a whole lot less effort. I was really enjoying it for the first 8 laps,and then it was comfortably hard when we picked it up. P.M. Sarah and I went to the temple while Kimia (Jeff's wife) watched our kids. They did their runs on the trail under Benjamin's supervision. Benjamin ran 2 in 16:45. Jenny ran 2 around 18:00. Julia got confused and ended up with only 0.4. Joseph ran 0.5 in 5:11.
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