After ice and some core work last night, the abs felt better today, both at work and on the treadmill. Took it a little bit easy on the run, in that I extended the warmup period to get up to MP+20%, then kinda cut short the MP+10 period -- but that last one was because I decided to do my strides on the treadmill instead of going outside. So for the last five laps I'd stride 100 meters, jog 100, stride 100, etc. Worked well except the speed control didn't want to slow down from stride a couple of times (seems to happen when my sweat's been flying for 75 minutes or so).
Overall, a good 10-mile run, and the abs were a minimal issue, hardly noticeable at all, especially when I started having to concentrate on maintaining the pace of my legs. I still have to become more willing to slow down on my runs; my tendency to run too fast, which can get me in trouble on race day, also can get me hurt in training. Pat is a good influence in that way, but he won't be with me in Memphis and in a few Saturday runs before then.
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