AM: 6.2 miles easy to work and around campus PM: Trying multiple new things today. First, I usually do not double on workout days. Second, I am trying out the indoor track for this workout to escape the heat. The workout is 3x2 miles at threshold pace with 3-4 minutes recovery. The workout was dubious from the beginning. I had had milk with my lunch which I knew was a bad idea even 4 hours before the workout. I did a mile warmup and my legs were feeling pretty stiff actually. After the warmup I took aand hoped that the milk had all passed through and would not upset me. I started the workout too fast as usual. But since this is a 9 lap/mile track I quickly corrected my pace and hit a nearly perfect 5:54 pace (what daniels says is my threshold pace, but I was only shooting for 6 flat) with a total 11:47 and it felt pretty easy. The second one I went out easier and didn't look at the watch except a few times. I didn't really push it, but I just got up to what I remember threshold pace feeling like and held it to the end with little strain. This one was 5:49 pace (11:37) and I was really happy with that but was unsure if I could hold it for the last one. I used the same strategy of not looking at my watch and going by feel until the last 400 when I looked at my watch and I needed just a bit of a push to hit 11:47 again and I did exactly that. At this point I felt great. These are the days that I live for. I like the race PR's, but I really love is doing better on workouts than previously. I like going into races with confidence that I will PR. The question is by how much. Anyway, I am still at the gym, which is 3 miles from home and I have to run home. Unfortunately this is where the milk catches up to me. I take anotherlike a firehydrant, but start to feel really sick. I stumbled home (walking 1 of the 3 miles so im not counting that towards mileage) feeling mentally great and physically horrible.
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