Thought I would do a speed workout today. But was a little unsure if I would have the motivation because I may have run too hard of an effort yesterday up to NCAR. Decided to go for it because I was feeling good when I woke up. Was going to do an 800, 1600, 800 and then 4-6 X 400. It was a pretty steady drizzle of rain on me during the warmup, and about 43 degrees out. So the warm up actually felt kind of like I got progressively colder, wetter, etc. My jacket was heavy and soaked and my gloves after the warmup and stretch. Did the first 800 in 2:45 - just getting the legs moving. Then I went into the mile and the 1/4 splits were progressively slower until I just kicked it into gear the last 400. I did the 1600m in 5:24 with splits of 80, 82, 83, 79. But finishing with that 79 kind of sucked my energy out. I walked it off, then jogged a bit and started into the next 800, but after 400 of it in 81 seconds, I threw in the towel. I had lost my motivation to run fast in the rain. I decided to hold off until Saturday to get an easy day in and then I'll feel fresh for the workout. Jogged home with Patrick Hunt who was finishing up an easy workout at the same time. | 