I decided to do some 1 mile threshold repeats this morning on the Dry Creek Trail by my house because I wanted to get a feel for what kind of pace I might be able to do a Turkey Day 5K in. I felt kind of tired and weak today though, I couldn't ever push my heart rate over 175. I was going to do 3, but I only did 2 because it was wiping me out. I guess it was just one of those days. I would like to do the 5K in under 19 minutes, but after today I think beating my last time of 20:33 in August may pushing it for me. We'll see I guess. Here are my splits for the run: 8:27, 8:28, 6:34 uphill, 1/4 mile slow (10:03 pace), 6:29 downhill, 1/4 mile slow, sat down to rest and stretch, 9:55, 10:27. Time: 55:15 - 8:31/mile - 145 bpm avg heart rate. I could tell it was going to be kind of a slow run when I was only going 8:30 downhill on my warmup. I think I came down with something last night because my head hurt and I couldn't fall asleep until about 12:30.
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