Taper Week

Last Friday (8/2/2019) had one last hard workout.  4.02 miles at 7:14 pace.

Mile 1: 7:29
Mile 2: 7:17
Mile 3: 7:07
Mile 4: 6:59

Another solid run after pushing it on Wednesday with each mile faster than the last.  This makes for the 2nd straight run at 7:14 pace... This is 8 days before race day so time to taper.

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Sunday was a reduced mileage long run:

7.16 miles
1:00:43
8:29 Pace
8:41 Slowest mile
8:08 Fastest mile

didn't get out of the house until 8 o'clock and it was already getting hot.  82 degrees and full sun by the end of the run.  I had a solid sweat going and I'd say 7/10 effort to keep going at the pace I was hitting.

Tired for the rest of the day but the previous 2 workouts and the heat probably contributed to the overall feelings of exhaustion and excretion.
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Monday:

Day off from running but did 48 minutes on the bike at a medium effort.