AM: 6 miles.
PM: 11 miles at track. Scheduled workout was 2x2 miles. I spent the day psyching myself up, but no mental trickery could change the fact that I'm pretty flat right now. I felt it on the warmup- a little extra soreness and fatigue, mental and physical.
I've come to recognize this part of the cycle - it arrives right on schedule in March, coincidentally with the rise in humidity. The hard part is that I'm not quite ready to give up on racing yet, but I do really need to reset my workout expectations.
Last year, I actually found the perfect solution, which was to switch gears into marathon training mid-March. Going from 5k to marathon training felt very refreshing, a different type of challenge very appropriate to the time of the season. With 10-12 weeks of training that led me right up to Grandma's marathon, which I can't say enough good things about.
I have too many non-running things to do this summer to contemplate that- including hopefully selling our house and finding a new one. But next year that will definitely be a consideration again.
For right now, I know I need to not force workouts - just put in the time, don't engage expections...I will feel stronger again, and it will be easier if monkey brain isn't jumping around and chattering throughout the process.
Anyway, I did run the 2x2 mile repeats with a few others, came in right at 12:00 for both.
Afterwards, I hopped in on 6 400s with Steve: 80, 80, 77, 77, 77, 69.
Flying out to LA after work for a long weekend on Friday, time to catch up with the family.
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