I woke up at 5:30 and marching band still beat me to the track. WU, speed changes, drills. 4 mile tempo. I went quick the first mile but sustained, but those last two miles I just lost focus. I think it's because, in my head, I was planning to only go hard for two miles. Splits were 5:21(uphill), 5:29(downhill), 5:47(uphill), and 5:47(downhill). So four miles at 5:36 pace. Only a bit faster than when I did it in December, but that was coming off better training, I'm still running on tired legs, and in December I went hard enough that the run injured me. Cooled down for 8.
PM - did 100 push-ups while I was waiting in the Enclave room. Got caught at the end. Was extremely awkward. Did 5 miles up at McCoy. Ran the dirt road loop I never run on. Wow that thing is steep. Averaged about an 8:30 pace the first 3.5ish miles, then picked it up on the downhills for 7:30 pace for 5 miles. Total elevation gain was right below 600 ft. My left shin hurt a bit during it. S/O to Alli bc she blogs so much, truly an inspiration to us all💝(The joke here is she'll never see it because she doesn't even blog)
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