I had a solid and fun workout this morning and am feeling pretty good about it. And mostly I'm liking how good my legs are feeling during and after. I don't feel tightness or issues anywhere, which is a pretty great feeling. Finally feeling fully recovered and normal after Moab in February. I joined Nan and the RRB for some mile repeats around Coot lake in North Boulder. After a few miles of warmup, strides and stretching we did 4 X 1 mile repeats. These were my splits: 5:20, 5:18, 5:22, 5:26 That last mile was definitely tough. Especially the last quarter mile. But I feel pretty good that my slowest was a 5:26 and it was on a dirt trail that has ups and downs. Last time I did 4 X 1 mile was around the indoor track a few months ago and my fastest split was a 5:26 with the others being 5:33, 5:36, 5:37. So that's some decent progress and I'm happy about it. Time will tell if I can hold 5:28 or under for 3.1 miles in a couple weeks. The good news is that this workout has enough time to set in and hopefully by then I'll have that extra bit of fitness that will allow me to string 3 of those together. It still seems like kind of a daunting task at this point. | 