Notes
Ran my last true building tempo today. The focus was to get the last 2 miles to be at half-marathon pace for this weekend. Built through the run pretty well. Splits were 5:55,5:45,5:34,5:24,5:21,5:09,4:58,:11. The first few miles felt like a solid recovery run. Started to pick the pace up a bit and outside of a side-ache felt fine. Once I got to the five-mile mark, set off on my estimated pace and hit it perfectly (despite feeling awkward changing to that gear), then right hammy was starting to tighten up on me. Kept going until I saw a port-a-potty about 2 minutes into that last mile. Made a quick stop, which saved my pants and more than likely my hammy, and then finished faster than I would have. Hopefully I still would've been around 5:10 or better but it's hard to tell. Feels good to be able to cycle through the gears though.