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Felt REALLY tired right from the start this morning.

Overdressed as the black ninja too. It was supposed to be 44F overnight.

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First run from our place. The weather was surprisingly cool this morning. I felt a little under-dressed.

I added an extra mile on this scheduled 5-mile recovery run.

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objective
warm up
10 mi. tempo @ 7:27
cool down

achieved
WU 1.03 mi.
dynamic stretch
10.06 mi.@ 7:22
726 725 725 722 725 719 717 724 726 717
CD .83 mi

Optimal running conditions this morning ~60F. Yes, I realize that is worth a reduction of about 20 seconds per mile over the weather conditions I usually train under in Houston.

objective
warm up
6x1 mi.@ 7:17 w/.5 mi. active recoveries
cool down

achieved
WU
dynamic stretch
717 717 714 710 713 714
CD

total time = 1:26:54
total distance = 10.66

Good run this morning. Temperature was in the mid-70's with some humidity along the Lakefront. Tried to focus on keeping the target pace with the smallest deviation possible. Felt strong over the first 3 reps. Working harder coming back. This one was something of a confidence booster.

I took yesterday off from running and skipped the scheduled 5-mile recovery run. My current plan is to get the mileage tomorrow on my scheduled off day.