I met up with Josh at 5:30 to run a workout. We ran up through the U and over to Resesarch Park. At the end of a three mile warmup we started the first chunk of the workout: 10 x 2 minute fartlek at CV pace with ~ 1 minute recovery. The first few we did on the road, heading up above the zoo. Then we hopped on to the fairways at Bonneville Golf Course and ran the rest of the intervals on the grass. This afforded us a nice surface with some variety in grade. We were running hard and were pretty spent by the end of these. Josh was still coming off his smoking half marathon at TOU and I was coming off, well, not running. Anyway, we survived.I don't have my watch with me to write down the distances/splits, but we were generally around 5:25-5:30 pace. Next up was 3 miles of Tinman Tempo. We ran out and back on Wasatch Blvd and then through the golf course again on the return. Splits were 6:04/6:03 and 6:11. The last mile was tough. It started with a favorable downhill but got ugly when we made a hairpin turn and headed back uphill. Four miles of recovery to get us home after the workout.
My body is still feeling a little jetlagged, but getting better. I woke up at about 4:15 again this morning (went to bed at 9:20). Maybe it will improve in the next couple of nights.
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