Today’s assignment: 2 miles at MP, 2 miles at TP, 2 miles at MP

You may remember that this time last week, I finally had what I considered a promising run.  This set off a string of successful runs, starting with a beautiful run through Connecticut on Saturday with Megan; a one day delayed long distance run, the most successful of its type, on Monday night; an even more successful “middle distance” with hills 10 miler on Tuesday and a nice little speed run yesterday in which I pumped out a pretty decent pace in the heat.  The common thread through each of these runs: I didn’t stretch afterwards.  This tends to catch up with me.

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Today’s assignment: 4 miles with 6 wind sprints

Quick entry today, as I got home late from poker (can you guess how I finished? Quick, see: the title). Also, I took out my contacts, so please excuse any typos. The assignment was a 4 mile run. Riding high off of yesterday’s good run, I decided to challenge myself a little, targeting a 7:30 pace and a 30:00 total run for the day. Having to rush to poker added an extra sense of urgency to the run.

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