Since so many people that ran SGM are starting to do tempo runs and faster miles, I decided to jump on the band wagon today and do a short 3 mile tempo run just to see how it felt. I was kinda wimping out on what pace I thought I should run those miles. At first I was thinking I would just do marathon pace miles but as I got going, I decided to try and do true tempo pace miles. After a three mile warm up I got into the tempo pace and settled into a pretty good rhythm. Splits came in at 6:50, 6:53 and 6:55. Cooled off with two more easy miles and called it good. The morning running weather here has been simply perfect and looks to continue for the rest of this week too. We are usually in the high 50s and get up to the mid 80s during the day, which is way above our average of mid 70s.
6 weeks until LVM so it is time to get serious again about a solid build up and a couple of 20 milers. The plan is to do 20 this Saturday and then 17-18 the next week and then 20+ in three weeks and then the usual 3 week taper. Hopefully with enough duct tape and glue I can hold my body together for one more marathon this year.
Time: 1:02:29 7:49/mile
NB768 354.78 NB768 (new) 161.26 Saucony A2 11.9 | 