5.0mi, 41:02

Chris Stamey, "Stupid Pop-Rock Song"
The dB's, "We Gold"

WX at 0700: 23 (-5), DP 21 (-6), BP 30.06 (1017), Calm, RH 92%

Odometer 2: 293mi

Z2 first leg, Z3 last leg.
Resting heart rate before start = 60

The astute reader will see a monster negative split. I attribute this principally to doing 120 pushups, 100 situps, and a variety of ab work before starting. The hip flexors took some time to loosen up, so I'll have to take special care to stretch those since there's a physical fitness test about a month away.

This means I'll have to force myself to do this in the mornings, although it did seem to shorten some of the latent prep time before the run waiting for all the water I drank to settle.

The negative split is a pretty good indicator of overall fitness, but cutting 31 seconds per mile between the first and last splits over the exact same terrain in the exact same conditions means I'll need to work on strength some more. This means restarting the Hindu Squat regimen...

Splits
2.5 21:07 21:07 08:27
2.5 41:02 19:55 07:58 08:07