PM - 10 miles outside. Weather was nice and cool, high today was about 68. A little windy, and had some scattered showers while I was running. I was originally planning on running this morning, but woke up to rain and wimped out. Average pace of 7:35/mile, mainly due to the last mile. Miles were as follows: Mile 1 - 7:46. Felt good, got into a nice rhythm really quickly and felt like I could maintain it the entire time. Mile 2 - 7:45. Still feeling good. Have a favorable crosswind. Mile 3 - 7:49. Forced myself to try and slow down a little bit. Mile 4 - 7:42. On this mile, I turned down the road to the Highland High School track and ended at the track. Mile 5 - 7:50. Legs were starting to feel a little tired from the workout I put them through yesterday. Mile 6 - 7:51. Same. Mile 7 - 7:27. This was my last mile on the track, and I started to increase the pace at the 1/2 mile mark, and pushed the last lap at about 1/2 marathon pace. Mile 8 - 7:41. Really starting to feel tiredness in my legs here, but was determined to push through it. I wanted to work on developing the toughness I need to push through the end of St. George. Mile 9 - 7:26. Started to push the pace here again at about the 1/2 mile mark, where I decided I wanted to see what I would be able to do at the end of a long run where I was tired. Mile 10 - 6:36. On this lap, I really pushed the pace, again to see what I could do when I was tired. Did pretty good, accelerated throughout and hit 5:42 pace towards the end. Overall, I am happy with this run. I didn't get in as many miles this week as I had planned, due to Lybi's sister's family being here, but that was a welcome interruption.
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