I didn't start running until 2:00, but it was a beautiful, sunny day. I was so pumped when I went outside wearing shorts. I don't think it was over 30 degrees, but the sun made it much warmer. I warmed up a mile around the block and was feeling amazing. After some leg swings, I did my tempo on my favorite loop. It went awesome. 1) 6:18, 2) 6:24 (some uphill, and a slight headwind coming back), 3) 6:19. On the last mile I was really pushing. I felt really good the last 400. I barely missed a sub 19, but it was my best 3 miles this winter, possibly my best 3 straight tempo ever. After a 30 second break, I headed towards the canyon tempo. My fourth mile was a 6:05, but it was super downhill. I then continued half a mile up the canyon half a mile in 3:14, and cameback down at a 3:02. The fifth mile totalled to a 6:16. I was feeling awesome. I stopped for a minute to catch my breath when those 2 miles were over. I was so happy. My average pace was under a 6:20! I think the sun really helped. My cool down mile up golf course hill and home was super slow (10 minutes) but I still felt good. I picked up Ruby and we ran 2 miles at 9:00 pace. She seemed to enjoy it. I'm glad I could run with her. I love the feeling of enjoying running. It's hard when there is nobody to run with, but I think my motivation has come back this week. This tempo and yesterday really got me motivated again.
I'm super glad I got 60 miles! That is definitely my highest mileage ever (53.5 was my previous). My knees can feel it, a little, but after a day break, I should feel good for next week. I don't know if I'll hit that high of mileage again until summer training, but we'll see.
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