AM: 6.5 miles. This morning I went to another club's track workout at University of Tampa, and yes, I did feel like Daniel Larusso training at the Cobra Kai dojo.
Besides just shaking things up, one of the main draws was running with Jon Noland, who has been blowing me out of the water every time we race.
His group does similar intervals to ours, with one interesting difference: the workouts are announced that morning. Everyone runs the same distances, but there are many pace levels. This morning the workout was 1200-1600-1200-800, with passive rest of 3:00, 4:00, 3:00.
Jon's assignment (and mine by proxy) was 3:39, 4:56, 3:39, 2:22. I doubted I could hang with that, but the reason I broke up my routine and drove early to Tampa was to get out of my comfort zone, so I went for it.
Amazingly, I came pretty close, and today was my best track workout in a long time. I was chasing Jon the whole way, and that was a huge help. As was running in the dawn as opposed to the crushing sun/heat of 5pm. Splits were: 3:41.3, 4:56.0, 3:39.9, 2:21.5.
A small victory in training today, but I'll take it. Next up is a tough long run (20 miles @ 95% of MP) - I'll be doing it in Jacksonville, so I'm hoping the weather will be ever-so-slightly cooler.
PM: 2.5 miles shakeout.
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