AM - Warm up, then started with a 1200 aiming under 3:35. Hit the 600 at 1:47 and had to stop, it felt wrong. Jogged a lap, drove to the bathroom at 7-11, and headed back. Ran the 1200 at 3:47, it felt awful. It snowed overnight so I wore heat spandex, but I didn't need to. My legs were way hot, and I'm not too great in super hot conditions, and my legs were completely sapped. Sat down for a few minutes to gather myself, laced back into my trainers, and ran a little over two miles in 13 minutes. Should have been pretty easy, I hit the first half mile at 2:55, but again, the heat spandex sapped all my legs energy, turning them in to dead weights. I'll do the workout in the afternoon, NOT in spandex. Appreciating the teacher prep day today being the first day of the tri, because I can do two runs in a day and shamelessly watch Netflix for the entire time in between. Sherlock and Malcolm in the Middle, man. Also I hit a 7 minute plank in my hour long core workout yesterday
PM - Workout: 1x1000m, 3x800m, 4x400m. 400m jog in between each repeat. No predetermined pace, just getting in some speed that won't be detrimental at Nike. Warmed up, ran the 1000m in 3:10. Didn't feel the best, I was still bundled up pretty good. I took off my jacket and beanie and ran the first 800m at 2:35, 80 first lap, 75 second. "Crap!" I exclaimed into the unforgiving and harsh winter winds. Maybe it wasn't the spandex slowing me down in the morning. I took off my sweatpants, and ran the next 800m in 2:28, it felt much easier than before! First lap was a 75, then a 73. Last one I came in the 400m at 71. I was feeling good, but on the back stretch I just started coasting, the wind was hitting hard. I was going to stop at 600m because mentally I was gone, but then I looked at my watch and saw I was at 1:50, a second faster than I had been on the second 800. After that I pushed through to another 2:28. After that I decided for the 400's if it was faster than 73 or slower than 77, it didn't count. The first one I wore kept my sunglasses on despite the draining hue known as nighttime, so I was unsure if I was going too fast so I ran conservatively. 76. Next one I hit the 200m at 39 and came in at 73. Same for the next one. For my final repeat I decided just to go nuts the last 200m. Came in at 39 for the first half, then cruised in at a 70. I wasn't doing the normal things when I kicked, like driving elbows back and high knees, I was just striding. It felt nice, like I was running downhill or something. Drove to the rec center and ran a bit and lifted. Easy core tonight. 11 for the day. "Last name ever, first name greatest" - Drake
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