When I walked out the door this morning I was afraid this tempo run would not go well due to the high winds. When I rounded the turn going south for the first time during my run the wind was so hard it kinda scared me. Since my longest stretch of road runs from north to south (directly into the wind) I decided to run my normal course backwards today to minimize the time going strait into the wind. The plan called for a 5 mile tempo run at 7:11/mile. I figured I would stay as close to that as possible. Here aree the splits: 7:06, 7:09, 6:37, 7:06, 6:48. I'm sure my Garmin lost me on that 3rd mile because I really don't think I ran that fast. I did decided to pick it up on the last mile and I think the 6:48 is pretty acurate. The wind was a factor for the first couple of miles but them seemed to lighten as the run went on, thank goodness.
Time: 59:14 7:24/mile
I went to walk race practice after work today again. Man that walking is tough. I did feel better than last time but I could tell the legs were still a little sore in the walking muscle areas. I counted the extra 2.65 miles of walking as slow miles. | 