Tempo Run

I seem to only want to update when I've had a good run. On Tuesday, I had another interval session in which I only completed 3 of the scheduled 5 intervals (details). Luckily I bounced back with a pretty solid tempo run (details) today. Did a 1 mile warmup, followed by 3 miles at my Tempo pace, and a 1 mile cooldown. The splits for the middle 3 miles were 8:13, 8:20, and 8:26. I'd still like them to even out a little bit, but there are a pair of nasty hills near the end of the 2nd mile and the start of the 3rd mile that take a lot out of me, so the 3rd mile takes a bit of a hit. I haven't found a route that's less hilly that I can do without driving somewhere. Maybe next week I'll drive to Lake Harriet or something and do a flat one.

One thing I do know is that this course is quite a bit harder than the CrazyLegs, and I almost completed it in the same amount of time with relative ease. And that's including my warmup and cooldown in my calculations. Subtract those and take into account the additional hills and you'll see that I've improved quite a bit since that race in April. I'd guess I could shave 3 minutes or more off my time.