Today I woke up and decided that I really didn't want to do a Big Workout. Legs were feeling tired, and all I wanted to do was go back to sleep. But I rolled out of bed and hit the road. I figured I would give myself a couple miles of warmup, and then either start a tempo or defer it until tomorrow, and just do a couple easy runs today. I managed to hit 7-minute pace on my second warmup mile, and figured I was feeling good enough to do the tempo. I completed an 8-mile tinman tempo on the Young Ward - ICON loop. Mile splits were 5:55, 5:52, 5:51, 5:48, 5:51, 5:50, 5:57, 5:53. Woof. Fortunately this loop is pancake-flat. I initially intended to do the Millville Hill Loop, but when I was talking myself out of bagging the workout, this was the compromise. I cooled down for a few miles on the Planet Walk at about 6:45/mile pace, and made a pit stop at the Logan River Golf Course bathroom along the way. This is a great bathroom, because it's actually open at 7AM and there's music playing inside. It should definitely be the centerfold of Jon's "Emergency Toilets of Cache Valley" guidebook. Also did 4x100m strides on the Planet Walk. They felt like bung, like my shoes were bricks with lead shoelaces. Averaged 6:19/mile for the entire 14-mile run. Good workout day, and I'm glad I talked myself into doing it. I'm pretty beat now, and need a few very easy days to recover from the workouts this week. (1120: 141 miles)
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