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Temp 26 Wind 4 mph.
XC Tempo @ 3/4s Effort. Damn, get the leftover pie and cookies out of my house! Thinking last night that if I head out early, with just enough sun to see my feet, may be able to get in some good grass time before the ground gets too soft and muddy. Short Up = 1.30 miles at 7:41 average pace.
Always turn XC runs into tempos without really trying, so will ignore the watch and run. Improvise a route starting at the skate park, two laps on the hilly Jax XC course plus my extended loop, then continue on until I'm back to the starting area on the old soccer field. Estimate that will be about six miles. If I run it at 3/4s effort, should take about 40:00 minutes.
Ends up being 5.94 miles. Get though it in 40:59 with splits of: 7:03 / 6:52 / 6:58 / 6:52 / 6:50 / 6:24 (6:48).
Down = 1.98 miles at 7:36 average pace. Three pennies this morning.