AM: 20 miles. Day of 4-3-2-1.
Woke up to a steady downpour. I'm tied up this weekend, so there wasn't really an option to reschedule. Also, Mike and Christina were planning to jump in for some (Christina) or all (Mike) of the workout, so I headed downtown.
In St. Pete, a lot of rain tends to flood the streets pretty quickly, and this happened today. I parked at my old house and checked in with the gang - Christina opted to start at the Y indoors. I found out hours later that Mike was caught in a flooded street and needed a tow. Now that's dedication to a workout...
I warmed up for 6.5 miles, by which time the rain had let up and I was ready to get this thing moving. Plan (props & thanks to JasonD for the suggestion and pacing advice) was to start at target MP and drop 10 seconds per section.
The workout itself went well, even if the day around it was a wet mess. Splits were:
4 miles: 23:35 (5:53, 5:55, 5:54, 5:53)
3 miles: 17:12 (5:46, 5:44, 5:42)
2 miles: 11:03 (5:33, 5:30)
1 mile: 5:18
I did .5 mile easy jog between sets. I think this is an excellent workout 8-10 weeks out from a marathon since you get to experience several pace ranges, mostly faster than MP, and all in the context of a long run.
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