MHM -116/tempo ten -- Wed. June 16

Slept late, having failed to take a nap yesterday. Headed out on a much warmer, muggier day, though enough dryth in the breeze to keep it pleasant. Gently down to water plant to stretch, then off aiming for 9 miles on road: GeoHannum, Boardman, Rural, to Stebbins/School and to 202, which is almost 5 miles--feeling a bit looser, but low on energy. Cross 202 and up to junction w/ Chicopee, then double back, keeping steady pace, as the first 5 were apparently sub-7:30s (helped by a quick fourth mile, 6:49); back to 202 and cross again, up Boardman and push to tempo for miles 8 and 9 (6:49 and 6:44, even with some light hills), then slow down but keep running up GeoHannum as far as the rail line, stopping thus:

Time: 1:11:50
Distance: 10.04 miles
Pace: 7:09s

Comment: happy with this for a tempo run, and I did some barefoot jogging on the stretch from rail to home. This puts me just over 1000 miles for the year, and almost 32 this week. Sore left lower shin muscles and ankle later in the day, so tomorrow is up in the air--might be a good idea to rest and do the last 7-8 miler on Friday? We'll see.