Big Workout with Josh, though it almost didn't happen. Strike 1: It was snowing when I woke up. Strike 2: Josh was a little late meeting me and I had already turned toward home to send him a text and then go run on my own. But then he arrived out of nowhere and I had no way to politely excuse myself from the workout.
We warmed up 3 miles to the intersection of Guardsman and Sunnyside, then ran 2 Tinman miles to Sugarhouse Park (6:00/5:56). After jogging a bit in the park we ran 6 x 1000 m. We ran 4 of these in the park, two of them on the way back towards home. The paces varied along with the terrain, from the relatively quick (5:34 pace) to the not so quick (6:07 pace on the return on 15th East). Most were in the 5:45 -5:50 range and those times were fine for me, the effort felt right. It was a bit of a blizzard but not too bad, I can't really blame the weather for anything. I felt pretty good about the workout, I think the long intervals are very valuable and it is actually fun to feel like I am training again. Legs feel pretty good other than some ongoing aggravation with my heel (PF). Trying not to increase mileage and intensity too much at the same time. Mostly succeeding.
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