Today I did a little workout over my lunch hour which totaled 6.81 miles. Felt pretty good and besides all the snow melting the temps were in the 30's, with a little breeze but overall it felt nice out. Even with these higher temps I wore a winter hat, pants, long sleeve shirt and wind breaker to make it feel a little hotter than it actually is to hopefully simulate race day a little better. I ran 2 miles out to Iowa Rd then hopped on my little 1 mile loop thru a neighborhood which I ran 3 hard miles before returning home. Miles for today's run read like this:
7:22, 6:49, 6:28, 6:24, 6:19, 6:56, 7:18
Overall I was a little suprised that I kept getting faster on my 3 hard miles considering it felt like I was sucking wind after the first mile. By the end of mile 2 hard I figured if I just ran faster I can get the 3rd hard mile in also. Not to bad for a mid day lunch break run!!
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