8 mile tempo run today. I woke up tired again, but still went running. Splits: 1.0- 8:46 nice warm-up mile right on. 2.0 - 8:04 Took it a bit faster, but still let my legs warm-up. 3.0 - 7:27 I was trying to hit 7:30 and it felt pretty good. Just two weeks ago I normally ran at this kind of a pace. It was easy to maintain, but I really hope these slower times are helping my running like McMillan says they will. 4.0 - 8:25 Rest mile 5.0 - 7:18 Trying to hit 7:15 but missed it by a little. I struggled to set my pace this mile and was going all over between 6:30 and 8:00 pace. Body now has enough water on it to overflow Hoover Dam. 6.0 - 9:35 Didn't mean to go this slow, but I took a little break and got some water, plus there was a steep hill where I gained over 300 feet. 7.0 - 6:42 Wanted it to be 6:30 but I was feeling the previous days' run. 8.0 - No time, but half of it was barefoot! Their were two different pavement methods used on my street. One produced a nice flat surface which is good for running, whereas the other uses gravel and hurts my feet. Barefoot running dominates.
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