A Hard 5 Mile Tempo Run That Fell Off The Rails

ByTim Nolte August 24, 2021August 24, 2021

Well, my attempted tempo run kind of fell flat. Let’s just say that regardless of how tired I was yesterday morning I shouldn’t have let the Friday race allow me to think that I would be OK with not getting my Monday 4 miles in. I’m sure not going to be skipping my Thursday run otherwise I’ll probably finish terribly come the Friday race. #HWI #KCC #Run4Water #WhyIRun #GRHalfMarathon #RiverBankRun

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