Now THAT was a workout. Left the lab, did 9 miles on roads at 7:02 pace (through campus, to Sugarhouse, around the park, back to campus, mini campus loop to wind up at 9 at the gym), immediately onto a treadmill for 10 miles in 58:54 (5:53 pace), and then 1 mile cooldown via a roundabout route back to the lab (extremely slow, 10:15 pace, to really shake everything out). I took 1 gel at mile 9 and that was it. I felt really smooth, but had to dig pretty deep (not marathon racing deep, but pretty deep for a workout) over the last 2 miles of the tempo portion. I just wanted to get that 10 mile portion under 60, so to have under 59 was extremely encouraging. At this point, the hard work is done, so I'll probably do ~10 tomorrow (likely with the group), and then it'll be taper time.
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