Notes
South Naperville o/b LR w/ Nolan (a few tempo miles at the end)
Somewhat of a late night last night but supposed to meet nolan at 7 so we got up. He kinda wanted to go on the bike path so we started that way thinking we would go out to Whalon lake but after a pit stop at knoch knolls I decided we could go out to the path that goes by NRC south store. We elected to do that and turned around at 9.5 miles. Up until that point things had been pretty chill...maybe 650 average. Pace started to pick up a little on the way back. The next couple miles were plagued with him trying to find a bathroom to use so we zigzagged through neuqua athletic facilities and kept starting/stopping but once we got through there we started cruising through the neighborhood out to naperville/plainfield and then over to 95th and back to knoch knolls. We made another pit stop there so he could actually use the bathroom this time and thankfully that was the last stop. We were 5 miles out and the pace got faster from there. 557 next mile and then we agreed we would tempo "5:30's" the last 4 miles. Both of us must have felt good (he was wearing 4%'s so it wasnt quite as fair) because we went 5:32, 5:24, 5:22, and closed with a 5:16. I kinda wanted to go faster the last mile but I started feeling like I needed to go to restroom so that inhibited me a little bit. Still closed well though and was mostly pretty smooth. Finished at 19 on the dot to cap a solid week of training. Starting to feel more and more fit and really enjoying what I love