Notes
Round two for the day, the weather was a little less ideal this time around. A bit hotter and not so much of a breeze, but it was still nice. I ran down route 100 to the north entrance to Warren, ran through and around again, and ended at the school.
I was averaging sub-8 min/mile for the first 6-7 miles or so, and this is the point where I fall apart. It gets to be a struggle to stay under 160, and thus my pace drops. I stayed under 9:00s today, but for the last 1.5 it was only because I kept a steady pace and let my HR rise to 170, getting as high as 195 when I was pushing up the hill to the school. Still, it was a good run, my average pace being a fair bit lower than the last couple threshold runs I've done. It seems that either the few days of intense heat helped me learn to control my HR better in more forgiving conditions, or last week's low mileage gave me a lot of rest and I'm able to work better. It's probably the rest, and I may end up giving myself a cutback week every 3-4 weeks or so.