Ran this morning in gorgeous 60 degree weather with the sun bright as it could be. My legs were dead though and I'm sure it's the build-up of the high mile weeks. It will be nice to slow down here soon. I thought about taking an extra day-off this week to try and get the legs back. I really don't need to go in the 90's again.
Anyway, I ran 12.11 miles in 7:08 pace in 1:26. My first 4 miles I averaged a 7:45 pace. Then I picked it up and decided to see what I could do on dead legs going downhill two miles and flat the last two miles back to my house from doing the Satterfield Hill loop. 6:25 - This is the biggest downhill part of the course and I ran it the slowest. Maybe legs were getting started. 5:55 - Legs awake a little bit, but not as easy. I'm sure it would be easier on legs only doing 60 miles a week. 6:07 - Flat portion and the legs felt okay, but sore. 5:51 - Felt good excepte was getting very tired the last part of the mile. I definitely don't have speed right now and maybe need to cut the mileage a bit and work on more speed if I plan on running on June 13th. I'm running a 10k race the week before so maybe that will help.
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