11 w/ 6x1200m @ 5k pace, 2 min recovery. I have not been looking forward to this run but a great thing happened. I went down to change and the fast guy was in the locker room. He cheerfully said he'd pace me on my intervals! Hurray. He joined me for a warm up and the 1st 4, then had to get back to work. Pacing - 6:06, 6:09, 6:11, 6:11?(had to stop for cars), 6:24, 6:23. Recoveries were about 2:30 because we were talking between the intervals (after I caught my breath). Oddly, my pacer consistently said we were about 5 seconds per mile faster according to his watch and the 1/4 mile markers on the trail. I've done faster intervals, but my PR 5k pace is about 6:25, so these weren't so bad. I averaged about 8 sec faster than same workout last year. Now if only I could lay my head down on my desk in a puddle of drool and take a nap.
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