A cold misty evening in Austin, TX. A cold front blew in yesterday and dropped the temperature about 40 degrees. I put on my running shorts and a singlet, and long pants, and two long sleeve shirts, and my running hat, and gloves. Did 2 miles warm-up and drills and then Tam asked me if I would do a tempo run of 4 miles at an 8 minute pace.
After doing the 17 miles yesterday I didn't expect to be doing a tempo run tonight, but good news as all systems felt good and I told Tam sure I would do it with him. Tom joined us. I removed both long sleeve shirts and did the run. We averaged 7:55 for the 4 miles and had a really great workout.
It is really surprising to see how the body can recover from some of the long runs. Yesterday at this time there is no way I would have imagined doing a nice tempo run tonight. |