Notes
Despite some thunder and occasional lightning in the area I headed out for a second run of the day this afternoon and did a pretty solid tempo. I started out doing a two mile warm up nice and easy in about 15 min, and then did 20 min of tempo which (I later calculated using various checkpoints I saw along the way) was a little faster than 5:20 pace. It felt much better than the first tempo I did on Thursday and I was really surprised by the quick pace. While it's obviously very flat here, I was pleased to see that I really haven't lost much fitness at all if I can run almost 4 miles at under 5:20s in trainers after a pretty exhausting week. All in all this was a good workout, and it speaks well to my doing alright in the race next weekend in Central Park despite the long break I had to take in my training. Looks like the tough week I've been putting in is paying off.