Fastest tempo yet in 2009

I saw the storms on the radar and decided to head out this afternoon to get a tempo run before the rain. Besides, it was nearly ideal conditions with a slight wind and mid-60s temps.

I slipped on my Lunaracers, slapped on my Garmin and headed out.

The drops started somewhere on the North side of Cricket Hill and the wind picked up a little, so I turned around and made it home just as the thunder and big rain came down.

Here are the results. Pretty satisfied:

0.0067% under the belt

That's roughly how much of my anticipated fall marathon training is complete with the official start to the training yesterday: 10 miles including 800m in sprints. Did everything in about a 7:10-7:15 average feeling like I could have stepped on the accelerator at any point.

I have put on a few of those post-marathon pounds and they need to come off in the next two weeks.