Another one of those weird mornings where lots of little things indicate that I should not run. I will have some free time tonight so I am going to hit the track later today.
Drove to the high school and warmed up by running 3 miles on Orchard Drive. There is something about running in the evening that I do not like. It just felt a little funny. After the warm up I changed into my racing flats because they seem to cause less stress on my achilles. Although, I cannot handle too long of a run in them. The schedule called for 6X600 at 5K pace with a 90 second jog in between each interval. I was targeting 2:15 per 600 meters and was only going to jog 200 meters which would be less than 90 seconds. Splits were: 2:00, 2:09, 2:09, 2:09, 2:09, 2:07. The first one was way too fast because I was getting used to running on the track and was completely fresh. The last one was faster than the others because I opened it up on the last 100 m. Rest intervals were 1:12. Only cooled down 1 mile because my achilles started to burn and I decided to give it a break. It was a good run and I'm glad I waited until the evening to do it since I was able to run in shorts and t-shirt.
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