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Cool Morning Interval Run Focusing On My Family

Decided to “follow” the training plan today to get a longer interval run in. So far I’ve been doing some mix of the training plan and the Endomondo one. We’ll see how well that works out for me. It was a very cool morning for a run, I was pretty surprised when I stepped out the door. It made for great weather for a run. While I listened to a running mix I focused on praying for my wife and kids. Life has been challenging recently with the kids. I’m glad they are back in school but that is presenting it’s own challenges as well.

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