Weather - 58 degrees, sunny. A nice day for a relaxed 5k. I was not expecting to break a PR today, as I had 2 hard workouts during the past 7 days. My overall mileage was low, but the intensity of the 12K race last Saturday and my first ever mile intervals at the track on Wednesday caused me to feel a bit low on racing energy. My plan was to get another good pacing workout in with the help of this race. My mile splits were right on target : Mile 1 - 6:16 Mile 2 - 6:18 Mile 3 - 6:14 That is where I thought I would end up. I will admit I feel a bit down because I was running these same splits last year in June/July, when I was feeling really tired because of my marathon training. Well, I should not complain, I set a PR in the 5k last month, and I am feeling healthy and not too beat up. I plan on doing a shortened long run of 90 minutes on Monday, then maybe some bike intervals on Wednesday. Next Saturday is the Buffalo Trail 5 mile race. I ran a pretty good race last year, averaging 6:45 per mile on grass, smallish hills, and a creek crossing. That time is going to be hard to beat, but I should be close. #176 z.m. - #89
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