Today's workout didn't feel great. My legs felt pretty sluggish today but it was fine, I was able to stay with it and I did try to stay as relaxed as I could.
Today felt so good! My energy was great and I was really happy about it. I wrote down all the foods I ate today so that I can hopefully start to see some patterns on days I feel great and know what I can keep doing.
The race was good! 15:35 5k. The pack went through the 2 mile at a 9:25. I had fallen off a little on lap 7 so I was probably more like 9:30-9:35ish through two miles. My high school 2 mile pr is 9:27 so that was good. The last mile was really tough. I wish my legs and energy felt a little better today but I was very happy with my mental game today. Around 3 laps in it was already starting to burn and I felt like I did a good job of cutting it into shorter pieces and staying in the moment and forcing myself to hang on and just be fine with it hurting a lot. I do wish I was a little more committed on staying with Justin the last few laps but I did try my very best to stay mentally checked in and go as fast as I could.
Around a 7 mile cool down and I was pretty tired but it was good to do a good distance run while I was feeling pretty fatigued. I felt like that was good for building up my strength.