Did a canyon workout today. The goal was to run the first two miles of our usual three mile tempo course in 10:40, then run the last mile under 5:00. I'd tried this workout multiple times before and had never managed to hit the last mile under 5. Today was different. I opened in 5:12, then did 5:20. With a mile to go I stepped on the gas. To avoid psyching myself out. I didn't look at my split with three quarters to go. I started hurting the minute I stepped up the pace. With a half mile to go, I was 13:00 -- i'd run 2:28 from 2 to 2.5. I feared a major crash at that point, but knew that a sub-5:00 was in the cards, so I pressed onwards. I ran the last half in 2:25, 4:53 last mile, 15:25 total time. The last mile hurt like nobody's business, but I'm happy to finally have reached my goal in this workout.
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