Had conflict during normal lunch hour so I ran Lakeview course earlier in the day. Felt OK, legs still a bit heavy probably from Saturday's 20-miler up/down Provo canyon.
Wanted to see how consecutive 7:00 tempo miles felt on roads after not doing this workout for a while (besides on treadmill). After 1.5 mile warmup sped up to 7:00 pace. Felt pretty good until about 2.5 miles. Kept the pace until 3.25 miles, average pace 6:58.
I do believe the treadmill workouts I've done recently to simulate this workout are actually easier than on the roads. But at least I can now officially say I'm at least at the level I was at before I had my March slump. Probably won't do this workout again until sometime after Boston Marathon, or perhaps next week I'll do it but only do a couple miles at tempo pace. | 