Workout day. Easy warmup to mile 20 of the TOU course barely breaking 8 min pace for the 3 miles. Jumped right into my tinman tempo to the end of the marathon course (6.2 miles). The first mile has a nice downhill into providence which helped me get the motor running. After that, it wasn't too bad. I met up with Paul about mile 22 and he kept me distracted enough to keep the pace steady. I went: 6:16, 6:23, 6:21, 6:20, 6:20, 6:20, and 6:09 pace for .25. I went by the garmin and not the mile markers. Mile 22 had the marker about 7-8 seconds past my beep and the rest stayed about the same distance. Either that mile is long, or my tangents were bad. Probably tangents as there are lots of turns there.
I am happy with the workout as I was able to hold that pace without overextending myself. Finished off the run with 2 miles back to the house at about 7:30 pace.
Total Time: 1:19:53 (6:57) 159 ave | 