Tempo: Seven minutes easy run, followed by seven minutes 5K race pace. Repeat times three.

Distance: 4.3 miles

Time: 42:57

Performance Stats (out of 5 ★)

Legs: ★ ★ ★

Gut: ★ ★ ★ ★

Energy: ★ ★ ★

Mind: ★ ★

Overall: ★ ★ ★

Soundtrack: Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of the Moon

This was the Vacation-to-Real-Life shock - stay up until 1AM working on a new web-site, and then wake up at 4AM for a tempo run. I'm pretty sure that I won't have trouble getting back to sleep at my usual 10PM tonight!

So this tempo run was pretty average. My quads were a bit tight waking up this morning - not sure why. I was also super jumpy about running in the dark for the first mile. It's getting darker in the mornings, and I think that I am going to need a headlamp if I am going to stick to 4AM runs. I'm also a little antsy about returning to work after a week off. No real reason why, just seems to happen after every vacation. I'll be back in the swing of things by lunch time!