Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Week minus 12 - Tempo - 7 miles

7.09 miles Garmin Link
- 2 miles warm-up
- 3 miles @ 7:10 pace (7:14 target)
- 2 miles cool-down

Hot and muggy this morning. Chris came along, and without his company I don't think I would have made the target time. We held about the same pace a week ago for four miles with no problem, but today with the temperature about 10 degrees warmer and the humidity much higher it was a whole different story. The third tempo mile was really rough, and we walked for about a quarter mile before resuming the cool-down. Funny that a few months ago we both maintained a 7:11 pace for 10 miles at the Broad Street Run.

Legs were tender for the first mile or so, and afterward. The schedule has an 18-miler for Friday, but I would like to do another 20-miler and try to get more used to that distance.

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