Recovery + Speed - 6 mi w/ 8 x 100 m strides 6:50 am, 70° F, 28% humidity, wind 12 SSE. I meant to run about 4 miles before starting the strides, but it only took me 3 miles to get to the high school track. I should have taken a longer route. I thought of running a slow mile on the track before starting the strides, but I got bored with it after two laps, so I started the strides after 3 1/2 miles. Since the strides are 100 m and I job for 100 m between strides, it takes me 4 laps to do 8 strides. So I had a mile and half to run home when I was done with the strides. I didn't hit the lap button to record the time on my strides. I had auto lap on, so I just have mile splits today. The strides comprised the second half of mile 4 and the first half of mile 5. AP: 9:56. Splits: 10:41, 10:13, 9:55, 9:32, 9:14, 9:60. In thinking a head to next week, I'm not sure what to do on Friday, the day before the race. My schedule has a 4 mile recovery run, but it's a travel day and I need to leave for the airport at about 6:00 am. I'd have to get up really early to do the run. I'm wondering whether it's worth it or if I should just skip the run that day.
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