Thirteen total today. Did a canyon workout with My Dad and Chad. First we did 3 hard up our favorite tempo course. I got 17:40. After jogging for a bit, we turned around and ran 3 hard down the course. I felt like stopping after the first quarter mile. There was a headwind going down the canyon, but the headwind was by no means the only cause of my pain I had already run 7.5 miles with three hard. Currently, mIleage hurts me more than speed. This is related to the fact that my cardio is lagging behind my leg power and that I have a glycogen (however you spell that) storage problem. And all of those things are part of being 14.
In any case, I ran the first mile in 5:14, then did the next half in 2:41. With 2000 to go, I delovped a sideache -- a symptom of low glycogen according to my Dad. The sideache forced me to stop for a few seconds which made me reach 2 miles in 10:40. Then I tied to push in the last mile, was having some mental issues, and did the first half in 2:59. The mental issues made me lose it over the next quarter. To top it off, the sideache came back, costing me another few seconds. With 400 to go I mentally regrouped and kicked. Managed to get 16:01 for the 3 downhill, 5:21 last mile.
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