AM: 4 miles.
PM: 8 miles at lunch with Quint.
Meditation Monday. Originally this week was planned as a down week capped by a track 5000 on Saturday. On the surface, dropping a short track race into this stage of marathon training seems out of place.
Beside synching up with the down week, my reason is that I find interjecting these short, fast races every 5-6 weeks helps reset my marathon pace.
I need the majority of my workouts now to be tough and specific. These workouts are hard in the best of conditions, and the conditions in FL right now are pretty far from ideal. I do think it's possible to get them done, but for me one of the keys is running a whole lot faster, even just for 5k.
At this point though, if the best I can manage is a mediocre 5000, I'd probably be better off running mediocre marathon workouts late this week and weekend. I do feel a lot better today, hopefully it will stick.
I'm planning to run 3x1 mile at track tomorrow. That should clarify where things stand.
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