Happy Birthday to me! I can't do any crazy running stunts to celebrate my birthday since SGM is 10 days away. The plan called for 8 miles with 3X1,600 @ 5k pace so that is what I did. I cheated a little and extended the break from 2 minutes to 1/2 mile. This is what I have done in the past and wanted to be able to compare previous performances to gauge where I am. After 3 slower than usual warm up miles I started the repeats. My goal was to keep them under 5:50. First one was 5:48 and I felt fine physically but it was hard to get into a groove. Second one was much more fluid and it came in at 5:40. Third one took more work (as expected) and I really felt like I was pushing during the last 1/4 mile. It came in at 5:40 as well. Very happy with the workout. For comparative purposes, in 2007 my splits for the same workout were 5:50, 5:45, 5:55. I think I should stop worrying and accept that I'm in as good of shape as I was in 2007.
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