Today was tempo day, wind edition. Sometimes it favored and other times hindered. I could never tell which way it was blowing! I know, crazy. I read an interesting article yesterday found here http://www.runnersworld.com/workouts/are-8-minute-intervals-uniquely-effective I thought I would give a few a try. Eight minute tempos seem much harder than 4 mins or 16 mins, at least I thought it did. Holding the pace and concentrating that long was the challenging part. Some serious hills in parts of the tempo that made me hit my VO2 max, especially on the last climb. Felt good about my effort on these today. It also evened out nicely, the tempos ended up being 4 mins of uphill and 4 mins of flat or downhill. 3 mile wu, mostly down hill towards South Main Street. Then worked back up for the tempo workout. 4 mins@ 5:56 (.68) slight down 3 min rest/bathroom break 8 mins @ 7:35ap for.56 long uphill, and 6:11ap for.61mi with slight down 2 min jog rest 8 mins@ 6:11ap for .90 (slight down) and 7:53ap for .31mi with steep uphill finish. 204 bpm | 
