Today wasn't the best tempo run, but atleast I got some workout in. I still have a cold from last week. I started out on my warmup, but decided my ears were cold, so I ran home to grab a headband. That added half of a mile to my warmup. I warmed up down the hill to the Canyon, so my first tempo wasn't gonna be fast. My fist mile, I felt good. I was super motivated and I thought I was on pace. It was a gradual uphill, but I knew I could still hit the time. I was wrong. It ended up being a 6:59. I thought I would just have to make up for it this next mile, but a few seconds in my throat began acting up and I couldn't stop coughing. After a 30 second break I started up again. Halfway, the headwimd got really bad going up. I was pushing, but knew I wasn't going fast enough. Towards the end, I began coughing again. It sucks being sick. Well, after another break, I finished up the mile which turned out to be a 7:51 (not including breaks). Physically I felt like I was going tempo, but my times were showing it. After a 2 minute break of mentally recouping, I started to go down. The dpwnhill and tailwind really felt good. I wasn't giving it my all, but I was putting in effort. The two miles were 6:26 and 6:33 with a 30 second break in between. I then extended my cool down to a mile and a half which included the hill. It was really slow. After I got warmer, I did a pretty hard core workout and another mile on the treadmill. I was hoping to get in some more miles, but I need to let my body recover from being sick. Hopefully I can make up those miles later in the week. (Sorry for the long entry)
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