The weather outside after work was fantastic today, so what better way to celebrate than running a moderately hard 4-mile tempo run, plus one mile warmup and cooldown, for a 6-mile total.
The first mile was an easy warmup in 7:59, then time to ramp it up!
Mile two was done in 7:18 -- felt great.
Mile three done in 7:11, Mile four finished in 7:15, then Mile five was done in 7:01 -- nearly in the sixes!
After the five miles, time for a cooldown, which I did in 7:39 -- kind of fast for a cooldown, but it felt pretty slow after the previous paces.
After six miles, I wanted to see if I would finish faster than 46 minutes for a 10-K. I only needed to run 0.2 more miles, so what the heck.
Overall I finished the 6.2 miles -- a 10-K -- in 45:55. That was actually faster than what I ran the Erie 10-K on March 13! Including the mile each for a warmup and cooldown, my total per mile pace was 7:23.
"As we run, we become."
Amby Burfoot, The Runner's Guide to the Meaning of Life
Happy running!
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