<p>Happy St. Paddy's Day all. </p>
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<p>I learned several years ago, in my Lutheran church, of all places, that after Bishop Patrick brought Christianity to the Irish people, the faith was more or less forgotten back on the continent due to lack of use; but Christianity itself, and its written history, specifically, was safe in the Old Sod. So a tip of the hat to my Irish brothers and sisters today. </p>
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<p>Today I tried to improve upon Tuesday's tempo run, which was my first fast paced workout since I ran in a 5k back on Thanksgiving morning - wow - 3 and a half months ago. I ran at ~ 7:20 pace for 20:00 again today, and while I didn't make it quite as far today (about 25 yards shorter than I did on Tuesday), I kept my pace between 7:25 and 7:18 today, progressing to about 7:15 at the very end, whereas on Tuesday I went out too fast and struggled to hang on, dropping from about 7:05 in the beginning to about 7:35 at the end. McMillan says my tempo pace should be 6:56 to 7:15, so I was just a touch slower than that today; I guess that means I'll do one more 20:00 tempo on Tuesday and see if I can bring it down a little more, into that range, before bringing it up to 25:00. </p>
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<p>I finally have an evening off and am thinking about walking down to the Tavern to raise a Guiness to the memory of my Dad. He didn't drink, at least he didn't in my lifetime; but I don't think he'll mind if I remember him with a stout one.</p>
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<p>I learned several years ago, in my Lutheran church, of all places, that after Bishop Patrick brought Christianity to the Irish people, the faith was more or less forgotten back on the continent due to lack of use; but Christianity itself, and its written history, specifically, was safe in the Old Sod. So a tip of the hat to my Irish brothers and sisters today. </p>
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<p>Today I tried to improve upon Tuesday's tempo run, which was my first fast paced workout since I ran in a 5k back on Thanksgiving morning - wow - 3 and a half months ago. I ran at ~ 7:20 pace for 20:00 again today, and while I didn't make it quite as far today (about 25 yards shorter than I did on Tuesday), I kept my pace between 7:25 and 7:18 today, progressing to about 7:15 at the very end, whereas on Tuesday I went out too fast and struggled to hang on, dropping from about 7:05 in the beginning to about 7:35 at the end. McMillan says my tempo pace should be 6:56 to 7:15, so I was just a touch slower than that today; I guess that means I'll do one more 20:00 tempo on Tuesday and see if I can bring it down a little more, into that range, before bringing it up to 25:00. </p>
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<p>I finally have an evening off and am thinking about walking down to the Tavern to raise a Guiness to the memory of my Dad. He didn't drink, at least he didn't in my lifetime; but I don't think he'll mind if I remember him with a stout one.</p>
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