Wet morning...this is a northwest day. Dropped Tori off at school and went to Centennial park. 2.5 mile warm-up at 9:28 pace 6 mile tempo...1st 3 miles going against the wind with a very slight uphill on the sno. valley trail. Target pace is 7:28 but first half comes in @ 7:35 - effort was there but not the pace. I knew I could get some of that back on the return with a tail wind and slight downhill. @ 4 miles was down to 7:32 pace...@ 4.5 miles pace down to7:31. ..@ 5 pace at 7:29 and at 5.6 pace @ 7:28 and then I eased up and had to kick it up at the end to make sure to get my 7:28. Nailed it! Cool down of 2.5 miles @ 9:36 pace Not a fan of running in the wind but I couldn't skip today's workout or any going forward from here. 3.5 weeks to go.
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