errr Tempo Monday? Day 1? or Day -7?

Ok so I thought today was Day 1 of training for Hartford - but I messed up - its day -7. So I will be doing a 19 week training instead of an 18 week one. With the Blessing race and the 100on100 relay - I'm sure that extra week will be well used.

So we started day 1 (-7) with a tempo run. The plan Laura sent me said to do 8 miles total with 4 miles at 15k-1/2 marathon pace. Drew and I decided that's between 8:00 and 8:15. After a 2.25 mile warmup (had to wait .25 for Drew to retie his shoes) we were off. We held around 8:00 pretty well for the whole 4 miles. I was surprised as usually tempo runs are my worst.

Total mileage: 8.11 miles
Total time: 1:12:09
Average pace: 8:53
Average heart rate: 153 bpm
Maximum heart rate: 170 bpm

Splits (Time / Heart rate)
9:42 / 141 bpm
9:46 / 138 bpm
8:37 / 153 bpm (.25 of that at 10:00s)/.75 at 8:09)
8:04 / 162 bpm
8:06 / 163 bpm
7:43 / 164 bpm
9:24 / 155 bpm
9:43 / 151 bpm
1:02 / 154 bpm (for .11 mile - 9:10 pace)

Weather
Temperature: 59.9°F avg / 62.6°F high
Wind speed: WSW 13.2 avg / 16.1 max