I'll do anything to put off doing this weekly report that I have to do for work, including posting on this blog. Ugh. What did I do this week? I worked. Something tells me that won't be good enough. Anyway...
Today, I did a 5 mile tempo run. The schedule called for 10 miles total with 5 at tempo pace. Because of time constraints, I had to shorten that to 8 total. I still managed 5 at (almost) tempo pace, 6:48 per mile. It wasn't terrible. It wasn't a suffer fest like a race, but I wanted to stop at 3 miles, at 4 miles, and at 4.5 miles. But I didn't stop. It was just a matter of being tough and finishing the run even though it was uncomfortable. Today's run was 95% mental. It was a little warm and muggy for the run, too, at 80F and 55% RH. That's not North Alabama heat and humidity, but it's not exactly comfortable, either.
I'm considering 6:45 my tempo pace right now. I am not anywhere near 3:00:00 marathon shape. I won't be there by December, either. Oh well. I'll just try to run 26.2 miles as fast as I can and see what that number is.
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