Working at home today and decided to wait until the sun was out to do the run. Trying to get a little more used to running in the sun and warmer temps so I don't wimp out so bad any time it starts to get a tiny bit warm like during the last 10 miles of SGM.
Plan was to do 1 or 2 mile warmup then 8-10 miles MP tempo run with a rest in the middle. Had a hard time finding a rhythm, I wanted this to feel easier than it did. Canyon winds probably played a part and I have a hard time remembering that my MP on flat at 4500 feet is slower (7:20-7:25) than what I need to run at SGM to get sub-3:10 (7:13) so probably ran it a little quicker than I needed to. During mile 9 my form started going to pot so I decided to finish after 9. Goal was to average 7:15-7:30 pace and I ended up at 7:18. HR seemed a bit high for this pace but oh well. Glad to be done. 7:18/177 max HR 190
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