Today I went to Liberty Park for a tempo run with Skyline. It was a three mile tempo run. I'm not sure on my splits, because my Garmin didn't have a good lock there, and I wasn't exactly sure where the mile markers are. We started out with a warm up around the park, and some stretching and drills. My plan was to start out at five thirty for the first mile, and get faster from there. I started out and my legs were very tired. I tried to not start out too fast, and I think my first mile was five thirty. I then picked it up a little bit from there. My next mile was about 5:27. I should have picked it up more that mile, but didn't. I picked it up more on the last mile, but still only managed about a 5:20. After we were done, we cooled down a lap.
It was a pretty good workout, but I think that I could have gone faster. It didn't seem very hard once I was done, and I recovered very quickly. I also realized that it was only a little bit slower than what I did in the Minute Man 5k (for three miles), and it felt much easier.
I later went out and ran 5.5 miles at a pretty easy pace. It was around 7:30 pace. I felt fine, and kept it easy.
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