Afternoon run...sunny and a few clouds here and there...low 50's with some wind. Decided to do this run on the Sno Valley trail to take it easy on my legs...drove by the high school and it the track was empty but I knew that track practice would start shortly and I didn't really want to be dealing with people on the track. Haven't been sleeping as long as I should lately getting to bed late and getting up by 5 is not good for your body. Plus add in a cold that I'm just getting over... From the start I could tell this would be a tough run...and it was...warmed up and then from the golf course started the run...very slight uphill as you go to North Bend but at least it was wind neutral...at least that's what I thought until I did the turnaround and it was definitely breezy in my face the whole way back. Had to work hard...harder than I should have probably for a tempo run. At the end just trying to come in on pace was like running a 10K. Pace was supposed to be 7:35...
Splits:8:54, 7:36, 7:32, 7:35, 7:37, 7:33, 7:35, 7:36, 9:38 and boy was I done in! Walked for a quarter mile after cooldown....
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