Notes
Today's long run was kind of a mixed bag. On the ten mile section, legs felt tight early & it probably wasn't until almost the 3 mile mark before I felt loose & comfortable running. Because of that and because we started getting a pretty brisk headwind going east about an hour into the run, I took the ten mile section slow and easy, but with a very steady, controlled effort. Once I started the fast finish portion, I picked up the effort and my cadence early in the first mile & pretty much maintained a consistent effort for all six miles. Although the effort seemed where it needed to be, I wasn't particularly happy with the pace after the first couple of fast finish miles. I tried several times over the next four miles to kick it into another gear, but I just didn't seem to have any acceleration. So every mile seemed stuck around the 9:20 mark, give or take a couple of seconds. Some of it might have been he pesky headwind & some of it might be related to a bit of fatigue after the harder effort on Tuesday & the moderately hard effort on Thursday. I'm not really sure. I wasn't really pleased with the pace over the final six miles, but at the same time the effort over those six miles was pretty good & pretty much on target; plus I had no trouble maintaining that effort that late in the run.
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