AM: 5 miles on the TM, easy, some incline running from 1-5.
PM: 9 miles. Went out to track, said hello to the group, then headed north on the Pinellas Trail. In a certain section a bit north of 22nd St. you run into two overpasses within one mile, so I did 2 x 2 miles at MP on that section. I'd head out for a mile, then return- so I ended up with 8 overpasses total.
Splits for both repeats were 11:46, ~5:53 per mile avg, with a 5 minute standing rest. I felt pretty good on the inclines. Initially I was thinking more like 6 miles, but the conditions were bad - 88 F / 79 DP with no shade on the ramps - it felt like the beating from the conditions would take more than conditioning would give beyond what I ran today.
Another minor hill workout of some kind, probably Thurs, then I am going to re-attempt 10 MP+1 / 10 MP on Sunday. Actually, I'm not going to re-attempt the workout, I'm going to crush it. :P
Yeah, it's just a mental gimmick, but you gotta pull whatever you can at this stage.
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