Started running and felt a little better than the other days this week but not a lot better, decided to do a hard effort 5k to break out of the funk. It went pretty well, ran about 17:50- my Garmin was off on distance and at one point I paused it for a second while trying to view my total run time instead of lap time since my laps weren't synced with my distance- but it was sub 18 which has eluded me for a long time. I think this is the first sub 18 5k I've run since 2020... so 4 years... I'm getting back there. I also have realized maybe I shouldn't race with a watch. I started out in 5:30 and felt great- part of me thought great let's go sub 17, but part of me also thought cool I can chill out and cruise to sub 18. If I hadn't seen the time it would be easier to just keep cruising. Also just a tough thing about solo efforts. Definitely broke me out of my funk, just been physically exhausted trying to get everything ready for the move and to show the house. I also ran a hard 800m after a couple recovery laps, the first 200m must have been pretty slow because I picked it up a lot the 2nd half and still only ran a 68. Excited to start regularly working out with Jake starting next month, gonna get a lot faster. |