AM - Another tempo day planned with Sasha. We started at 6:00am and it was the coldest day so far this winter at 24'F. We did the normal 10K warm-up and then started on the up section of the 5 mile tempo route. Going into this run I continued to not be very excited about running this week. Today the stomach issues were a bit better but for some reason my right ankle started to hurt last night and it carried over to this run. It hurts on the push off phase and seems to be a little worse with faster paces. We traded quarters for the first 2.5 miles with me starting the first quarter. I went a little fast on the first quarter starting at 5:20 pace and then backing off when Sasha spoke up about it. We hit the 1st mile in 5:31 and this felt ok except for the ankle push off. The second mile was about 5:35 at this point I had already decieded that I would just stick with Sasha for 2.5 miles and then back off to not do any more damage to the ankle. We hit the 2.5 turn around at 13:56. I told Sasha to go and I backed off to 7:00 pace for a 1/2 mile and then just gradually picked it back up as the ankle was not bothering me as much. The next mile was a 6:07 and felt relaxed and the ankle was ok, not 100% but not as bad as before. With a mile to go I picked it up again and ran the last mile in 5:40 afirly easily and the last 1/2 mile was actually 2:44. Not a great day but I will take it considering how I have felt this week. More tonight. PM - 4.4 mils this evening at 8:00min pace. Some with James and some with Jared. 4xeasy strides.
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