Ended up doing my tempo intervals, but I tweaked them. Instead of 2 x 2 miles, I did 3 x 1 mile at 10K pace -- well, two of them were at 10K pace. Intervals at 7:54, which is basically MP, then 7:24 and 7:28 (more like it). With warmup, interval jog and cooldown, did 7.41, which put me just short of 50 for the week. Could have done one more lap, but why bother?
Also probably could have done one more interval -- maybe. With 12 weeks to go, why push it too far and set myself back? I pushed it quite a bit just to do what I did tonight, as heavy as my legs felt last night. Sciatica, which had gone away for a few days, made a bit of a reappearance, which may explain why the first interval was slower. Went away probably during the first recovery jog.
Off to Branson tomorrow. Tyler changed classes and now has a night class on Tuesdays, so we can't go to the Auburn game. Probably OK, saves me $50 and a bunch of driving. I can probably listen to game on the radio (or why bother?) | 