Another Tempo Run

I stopped at Safeway again on the way home last night.  I bought about 15 or so different types of energy bars of different makes (Clif and PowerBar) and different flavors.  I'm going to try them out over the next few runs and see which ones I like best.  Today I'm having a Power Bar Triple Threat Long Lasting Energy bar in Carmel Peanut Fusion.  The taste is pretty good.  This is my before-exercise meal.  It's 8:00 am now and I'll go running at 9:00.  Let's see what happens...

... (time passes)...

Exercise
Now it's 10:00 and I finished my run.  I ran a tempo workout again today. Same as I did 3 days ago (1 mile warm-up, 3 miles tempo (it was supposed to be a 8:45 pace), 1 mile cool-down).The tempo was too fast and really lost energy by the end of the third mile. Initially I thought that I'm not paying enough attention to my pace early on because I feel so good at the beginning.

But now that I think about it the problem is my Garmin workout program.  I set the pace too fast.  I looked at my chart (below) and the third tempo mile was still faster than my 8:45 desired pace even though the Garmin was telling me it was slower than my goal.  So clearly I programmed the tempo incorrectly.  I'm actually impressed that I was able to run the three miles that fast!

Nutrition
The PowerBar I ate before running did not upset my stomach and it provided me with enough energy to finish my run (despite my miscalculated pace).  I'll give it 5 stars out of 5.  So far it's the winner of the bunch.

I followed up my workout with a big bowl of Kashi GoLean cereal.  I've really come to like this brand that I pick up at Trader Joe's.