Ran after school today in the afternoon heat. Reminded me of x-country season workouts back in the day. Was feeling good from the beginning, so did a fast warmup mile in 7:30. Had a bit of a tail wind to counteract some of the uphill for the next few miles. Went through the first five miles averaging 7 minute pace. Then was going into the head wind and slightly uphill. I started to falter but was able to recover a bit and push through at 7:30 pace for the next 3 miles. I was happy with that. I had to push through some discomfort. Average pace for the 8 miles was 7:10. Finished with 3/4 mile at 9:00 pace for cooldown. Legs were still a bit sore/tired from Saturday's slalom. Hoping to do a few more tempo miles this week. |