Thursday, January 14, 2010

Week Minus 11 - Tempo (6 miles)

Garmin Link
6.63 miles
1 mile easy
5 miles @7:26 (7:29 target)
cooldown

Beautiful today - sunny and 40 degrees when I left the office at noon. Left the gloves and earband behind; in fact, would have been more comfortable in shorts. Legs were hurting at first, but I took it pretty easy the first mile (8:41) before shifting into ~7:30 tempo gear. Wasn't feeling my best, and it was a struggle to keep the pace up for five miles, but I did manage to make it. Hope I didn't pound my legs up too much and that it won't be a problem for the 20-miler scheduled for Saturday. I am still intimidated by those long runs, but after last week's 18-miler went so well, I'm not dreading it too much. The weather should continue to be nice and on the warm side through the weekend.

1 comment:

M/W said...

Well --- what happened Sat on the 20 miler?