Ran the first mile and then the last 2 tempo miles of Jakes Michigan workout. Garry ran the fast parts and I ran the slow parts of it. First mile was 4:57 (74, 76, 74, 73) and felt really good. 5 seconds seems like an undersell on these super shoes, today was my first day running in the endorphin pros and they felt incredible. Like really no pain, I was pushing but comfortablely so. Like going much faster might have gotten me into trouble but I definitely felt like I could race a sub 10 two mile right now and even sub 5 pace for 5k with some more training is on the table after this. The two tempo miles were like 5:30 and 5:40. They felt good, slower than 10k pace but half marathon pace seems like a stretch. Somewhere in that range. Garmin increased my VO2 max by 3 points so I'd say those endorphin pros are a great fit and I'm excited to do more in them. IT band/knee felt totally fine today, I'm tempted to do the full 5 mile tempo and stay with Garry and Jake on Thursday... we'll see how Tuesday and Wednesday go. |