It is amazing what a difference a good night's sleep can make.
Yesterday I was struggling to produce a 6:25 mile at the start of the tempo section. Today I could bomb along at 6:15 pace quite happily.
So yes, a good run today. 8 miles easy effort from work to my favourite trail, 2 miles tempo averaging 6:10, 1 mile jog, 2 miles tempo averaging 6:15 and then 2 miles jog home for 15 miles averaging 7:40 pace.
This is the first time in this training plan that I've managed to hit the desired pace in a tempo run. It seems that I am struggle to run hard in the dark first thing in the morning. This never used to be a problem but I think doing tempo runs in daylight is a sensible way forward.
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