Technically today is my long run, but since it was a "step back" week, it wasn't very long! I've decided to stick with Hal Higdon's advanced plan for the long runs only and then take everyone elses' advice (from here) about upping the mileage during the week. So today was the shortest long run ever! It's all upward from here. That being said, I did a rolling hills loop with one true climb at the end and felt very good with average pace of 9:06. Again, for me, this is a nice solid pace, and I felt strong the whole way. It's great that this was a shorter long run because I think I want to move my long runs to a weekday - - so now I can move my next long run to Friday without incident. That will be a 13 miler. It probably helps that this is the first normal weather I've run in for months. Where I live, the weather bites. It's either freezing or super windy or hot/humid (though more rarely that). Mostly freezing. Today was perfect for me. 70's with a very light drizzle. I was totally comfortable.
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