Woke up right at 4AM succesfully on my first attempt. It sucked. Messed around for about 40 minutes until I felt motivated enough to get out the door, ran my 10 on the track, went and did weights after. Can't remember the last time I started a morning run and it was dark out, I've probably only started a run this early off a full night of sleep(so discounting Ragnar) a couple of times, it'll be kind of fun if I can get used to it though. It's peaceful getting those miles in while the rest of the world sleeps. Did overhead barbell lunges for the first time, those are tough. Felt like I pulled a glute after lol. Finished right at 7, when I'd usually be a couple miles into my morning 10, so a good start to the morning.
5 progression in the afternoon with the last two miles in 5:50, 5:45. 6:19 avg pace, not bad for a 7:15 first mile. Went a bit harder to see if I could handle it but not too much, had a stomach cramp after the first mile to the end. As my boy CB would say, a good starting point. Those second and third miles I was thinking about how crazy in shape I'd be by the end of the year if I keep up this mileage with actual base period workouts. Hope to see that day.
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