I had an early meeting today and since I was in an unfamilar place, couldn't find any good routes without a lot of traffic and didn't want to get out on the roads in the dark I decided I would run on the treadmill today in the hotel. I wanted to do a 5 mile tempo around 6:50 pace and see how I felt.
I started off with an easy warmup and the legs felt heavy/sluggish from the start so not a good feeling going into the tempo. I started the tempo and the first mile didn't feel good but I didn't want to back off. Second mile was a bit better but not much. The 3rd, 4th and 5th miles I felt a little better but was pushing more on the 5th mile. Here are the splits:
1st - 6:56
2nd - 6:52
3rd - 6:51
4th - 6:48
5th - 6:40
The good thing about doing this on the treadmill is that it is easy to control the pace. I probably could have done the first couple of miles faster but I wanted to make sure that I got the full 5 miles in. Not a bad run but wish I was further along with these tempos. It is getting better I think.
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