Lunch: Amazing how important recovery is to working out. I honestly feel if I would have met the group this morning at 5 to do mile repeats I would have a major left quad injury as we speak. I have been really listening to my body a lot the last few months and working through pain barriers as I improve my fitness levels all at the same time. I still felt very tender this morning as I got ready to meet the group. I texted Matt and said I am just going to back off and do a workout on my own. I still did not feel good around 8:30 so I decided to wait til lunch time and do a good workout. Started out and did the first little over 5 miles at 7:15 pace. The last part of this warm up was a really long hill I like to incorporate in a loop I do. Then I decided to do 4 miles tempo. Did the tempo in 23:42(5:56avg.) I honestly felt really tired and heavy. At the end though I felt it was a good effort. I did a little revovery for a 1/2 mile and then did the next 3 miles at just over MP(6:40avg) and then did a mile CD. I was really pleased with this workout. Good pacing throughout. My quad does not feel tender or sore at all which is a great sign. I feel like this was an excellent deposit workout for PHX. PM: Ran from office to home 2.37miles(7:45avg.) easy shake out run. Love where my fitness level is and enjoying the journey...
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