Up early to get on the marathon course this morning. Drove up with Dustin and had a good conversation with him. Started at the top of Veyo because I only had time for 18 miles since I had to get to practice this morning with the kids. Kept the first 8 or so miles fairly honest warming up and then starting in to some tempo just before Winchester Hills. 6:09, 5:23, 5:22, 5:14, 5:09, 5:12, 5:12, 5:13. Wanted to push the last two in but didn't want to overdo it since I was doing part of the workout with the kids. Kept it right around 6:00/mile for the last couple. Averaged 6:14 for the 18 miles. Happy with this workout and glad to only have to run the course one maybe two more times before the marathon.
Hurried over to the high school for the team's workout. The Michigan was on top. The cloud cover was a huge bonus for the kids and they lucked out. I did a mile warm up and then got a few things ready. I just made sure I kept the boys squared away on the road miles. I did three of them with the boys. I wanted them to be relaxed today during the road miles. 6:14, 6:04, 5:45 for the 3 road miles. The top end boys rocked this workout along with the girls. I was very impressed. Very positive overall time effort today. Very happy with how this went.
Another solid week done. Hope to continue the tempo miles on Wednesday and then able to get a good workout on next Saturday even though I am in Provo.
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