Tuesday, June 2, 2009

It Was a Dark and Stormy Night

It wasn't really that dark when I went out this evening, but it was a little stormy. Fortunately there wasn't as much lightning as I expected - in other words there was none, otherwise I wouldn't have run. But there was a light drizzle. I had meetings today at the Federal Reserve Bank and then went to a nearby watering hole with some people from the meeting, but quickly bowed out so I could get home and run.

I ran 6 miles with a 26-minute bout of a tempo run. The temperature was cool and the tempo went well. I didn't take my iPod because of the rain, so I have no idea of the overall tempo. Based on how long I was out, though, I'd guess somewhere in the low 8-minute/mile range, which means my tempo run was at least that fast if not faster due to the slower warmup and cooldown that skewed the average pace higher. Not too bad for my last long tempo run before the race.

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