Drove up to McCoy flats with my boy Aaron(Mason was busy and Austin was lazy). Did a little over a one mile warm up, and ran a 10k down the trails. It was very hilly, and a pretty intense workout. Our splits were 6:39, 6:53, 6:33, 7:12, 6:46, and 7:12 with the last .25 coming in at a 6:17. As the splits show, the second 5k was much more difficult, with it being much more hilly then before. Overall probably ran up over 1000 feet(according to Nike). Aaron says we could have broken 40(we ran 42:40) if we hadn't been talking the first 3 miles and had treated it more intensely, like a race, which I believe. Aaron wants he and I to break 35 for a 10k. That'd be crazy to do. But, if I'm to acheive the goals I want to get, I'll need to do things like that.
I didn't have achilles pains!!! I'm so happy. It hurt a few steps at the beginning, but it subsided almost immediately. After the run I was pleasantly surprised to feel no pain there(the rest of my legs hurt like a mother, but I'm not complaining). Great day, truly blessed to recover so quickly, and to lose little speed as well! I'm still going to train hard, but now I'm more wary.
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