Good workout, 5X1600m with 3:00 recovery jog covering between 400-500m. These were my splits: 6:11, 6:14, 6:14, 6:12, 6:11. Overall the average was very similar to the last two workouts (6:13 AP) this time the feeling was different, first of all I managed to do all of them under 6:15, then the fastest ones were the last two and I was always in control of my pace until the end. Short digression: this is the time of the year of hazelnut harvest and the rural road around Vico lake I am running on every night is flanked left and right by hazelnut trees, so this time of the year the road is really crowded with cars, tractors and dust they make picking up the nuts. During the third repeat after dodging and passing at double speed countless tractors going home I had the road completely blocked by a tractor and its trailer, instead stopping trying to walk around I did a 180 turn almost losing my shoes, during the turn, fortunately the shoes remained with my feet and I quickly regained speed and confidence. It was a big boost because at the end my pace didn't suffer too much and I felt so strong that I knew I could finish the last two under 6:15. I am very happy about this month with >200 miles and well on track to be above 2400 miles by the end of the year.
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