Notes
60 degrees / 55 dew pt
Easy Run
Cool conditions for June. My legs felt unbelievably tired and actually amazed at my splits over the first four miles since these mirror last week yet I felt much slower. Power number was over 400 (402) which is good & same as last week (yet pace today 10 sec/mi slower). Surprised as how low my HR was - it felt higher. Started at Orchard St bridge & ran into back neighborhood then two loops of Thompson/McBride/Hawthorne/Benedict (mi 1 - felt really tired and felt that almost immediately, tried to focus on quick cadence), two more loops of Thompson/McBride/Hawthorne/Benedict then left on Thompson left on Brookdale right & up Rt 22 looped around gas station (mi 2 - uphill portion, really had to focus on grinding since I felt really tired, this felt like 10+ min pace), did three loops of Otis/Harwood/Tompkins/Rt 22 looping around gas station (mi 3 - felt marginally better but still felt tired, could feel a cooler breeze), one more loops of Otis/Harwood/Tompkins/Otis/Harwood/Tompkins/Rt 22 right on Bond looped around gas station right on Fisher left on Rt 22 looped CVS out & right on Fisher to train station bridge (mi 4 - this felt like mi 4 yet pace as faster). Thru mi 4 I was 3-6 sec p mi slower vs last week yet today I felt exhausted. Walked under bridge. Resumed running up Fisher to Parkway looped back then into lower train station running figure 8 loops across 3/4's of lower lot then zig/zags up the lot (mi 5 - flummoxed as to why I slowed down so badly but now realize that if I don't do leg drills (butt kicks, high knees, hamstring stretches) if I stop my pace becomes ridiculously slow), ran up & back down (mi 5 - 5.3). Walked across train tracks, did leg work (40x step ups w/high knees, 28 lunges) & leg drills & then jogged down Bond over & left on Brookdale right on Thompson over to Elementary School & to Orchard St (mi 5.3 - 5.95).