I know that it's tough to maintain focus during a longer tempo run (and yesterday we went longer than usual, to continue to build our base in preparation for our faster work), so we combined two ways to help out. I did not want to spend too much time on the Schroeder track - if we were at Thomas, we may have done a warm-up, then a mile tempo on the track to get the pace, then more tempo out-and-about, then the final mile back on the track.
Instead, we did the classic head out easy and come back faster to start off the tempo run, and to keep things honest, we timed the last mile on the track. The big boys knew a 3 mile mark, so that made things easy for them. Based on when the other guys returned, either some went out too fast or came back too slow, since we were shooting for 20 minutes out and 17 minutes back. But folks weren't off by much, so that was good. And the last mile on the track was solid (or better) for almost everyone.
This next week will be a challenge, to get ready to race next Wednesday, with the conditions that Mother Nature is tossing at us to start off our "Spring". But we will be ready!
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