6 mile run this morning that was suppose to be a fartlick run but turned into more of a progression/tempo run. I just wasn't feeling the Fartlick workout that was proposed on the schedule and after not having my hill legs on Saturday I decided I would run the hills harder instead. Which is always a good conversion for any run. I ended up with a loop record for this 6 mile course from home even with an easy pace to begin the run at 8:28 for the first mile. My average overall ended up being 7:17/mi for this route and the previous record was 7:18/mi average. Doesn't seem like much but when you start with an 8:28 mile the rest of the miles are pretty fast as shown with my splits:
8:28, 7:22, 7:16, 7:03, 6:45, 6:43
Once I was warmed up the legs were just moving and it didn't feel all that fast. Feels great to wip out a faster run than usual at times.
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