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Monday, August 25, 2008

8 mile run - up tempo

I felt good this morning when I did my run.  It was nice and cool at 6:30 a.m. when I left the house.  I think the temperature really helps in terms of my energy level.  I still have problems with pacing myself, as evidenced by my splits.  Chip said to try and keep it up tempo, around 9:40 per mile.  My splits were: 9:17, 10:03, 9:30, 9:29, 9:22, 10:02, 9:41, 9:00.  Even though my splits were not consistent, overall they were pretty fast, so that makes me happy.  Total time:  76:41.

2 Comments:

Blogger Lisie Rae said...

I just checked and August 3rd I ran 8 miles with Dad at the lake in 78:25. I have cut 2 minutes off my time in just 3 weeks!

August 25, 2008 8:55 AM  
Blogger chippens said...

That's a 9:35 average, so that's good. Strong finish last mile. I'd have liked to see you run a bit more consistently though.

August 25, 2008 9:46 AM  

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