Threshold run, 2.5 miles easy, 5 miles accelerating from marathon pace to 10K pace 6:05, 5:55, 5:43, 5:53, 6:20, 3 miles easy - 6:56 avg for the run - 10.5 miles - 1:13 - 300' vert I felt really good on this run....until the last mile and a half when it starts going back up hill. Ouch. Totally fell off pace the last mile. I ran this threshold run on my marathon course, and the first few miles I was getting more and more psyched about nailing the loop. Then I just started struggling, and it got me concerned about my ability to hit my goal on that loop come 6.5 weeks from now, of running 6:06 pace for 4 loops. I guess I was running a lot faster than that this morning, which is why I got clobbered the last mile. I'm going to run the loop at marathon pace next time and see how it feels. I ran with a new playlist that I made for pumping me up while I ran and I really enjoyed that. I haven't been running with music for a while, and it was nice to have some music getting me motivated. The playlist consisted mostly of Less Than Jake, which is my favorite music to run fast to. Its pretty easy to have fun and run fast listening to that stuff. Maybe its just the nostalgia for me taking me back to high school and my punk/ska band days.
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