3 miles, 31:00; av HR 158; splits 10:18, 10:57, 9:45; RPE 6-8

I was trying for a tempo run (race pace, basically, if I’m remembering correctly), and I’m very happy with the results! Whoo-hoo, still improving! It was cool & pleasant this morning, which helped. I got up a little earlier than usual because I haven’t set up my ideal getting-to-work-late-on-run-days schedule. I might do the 4-miler tomorrow evening and the long run Saturday, because we’re going on vacation next week & might leave Saturday. I’m looking forward to a more consistent routine once we get back.

Tried the Forerunner on my bicep. It’s so much harder to see up there. I’ve been wondering whether its inaccuracy on the 5-mile run could have due to me not properly resetting the previous run–if I could have had a little bit at the beginning that wasn’t part of it? The split markers on the shorter runs seem to fall exactly right, and if anything the Forerunner should underestimate distance if it loses satellite signal. Hmm…

Saw 4 deer this morning–one a very young fawn–and heard more. The Canada geese youngsters are just barely smaller than their parents. There were about 40 of them by the pond, and they made the word “gaggle” look very appropriate as they milled about.