Big boys Marathon Prep class today.
Last week I ran the same course at a 5:48 avg for the run and felt smooth and rockin. Today I ran a 6:05 avg and felt like crap. The whole run. From the very start. Temps were warmer today than the last couple weeks but overall I just felt wore out and run down. Glad today wasn't race day...
Anyways after a 4 mile warm up we started the 4 mile, 8 mile, 4 mile workout.
I didn't want to do it from the start and let the first mile slip by at 6:21, Tried a little harder on the next to hit 5:48. By then the guys were way up on me. Tried harder on the last couple miles hitting a 5:24, 5:15 to almost reel them in before stopping at our water and GU.
8 mile set at 6 min pace. Nothing fancy here. Just rolling a long but the pace didn't seem to be that fast. I just felt like I couldn't go fast at all. But we basically hit our marks.
On the last 4 mile set I didn't feel better. But wanted to "push" out whatever I could and make the best of it. Went 5:16, 5:12, 5:12, 5:27. On the last mile I almost got hit by not one but two cars while I crossed the blvd and slowed down. After that I never got the same flow again. But overall happy to have closed it out and logged something for the bank...
144.5 lbs after
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