AM - 17.75 Upper Half. Last major tempo session before Utah Valley and I wanted a strong run. So Clyde agreed to run the Upper Half with me and make it as close to a half as possible - low and behold, Logan decided to crawl out of wherever he has been and joined in on the fun! I haven't been feeling strong at all throughout the week. In fact, it was only yesterday that I finally started to feel better than junk. So I wasn't too excited about what might happen for this run - and I was right. It was one of my worst runs ever, surely in recent memory. Warmed up for 3+ up to the start and just felt slow and off. Right from the get-go I knew it was going to be a long one. Legs just felt absolutely dead. Only for 2 brief 10 second moments did I think I was going to break through - and then it was gone. So here are the splits for future reference. 1-5:30, Clyde had already gapped me by at 10 seconds but I tried to tell myself that I would get things going and it would be no biggie. 2-5:38, junk. 3-5:27, more junk. 4-5:32, alas... more junk. 5-5:33, here is where I felt good for such a brief time. 6-5:21, need I repeat it. 7-5:29, I just felt so spent. The legs are feeling like the end of a marathon and it is hard to keep positive when I feel so terrible. 8-6:42, up Veyo; felt like walking. 9-6:07, thought I could get back on but could tell that wasn't happening. Timed Clyde's lead just to reaffirm my struggles and it had grown from 1:30 at mile 7 in Veyo to 2:30 in just 2 miles... that hurts. 10-6:11. 11-6:16. 12-6:02, even on the tough Dammeron section those are some poor miles. 13-5:49, must have got a second wind! (or something). .1-6:16 pace, ironically enough I finished and saw a big pile of dog crap in the road - humm... a sign? Total was 1:16:21 after going 1:14:5something last time - and that one wasn't even anything to write home about. Cooled down for 1.5'ish with Clyde. (Kinvara 398.8) So...Just move on I guess. Really it doesn't mean a lot other than I know my body is tired (which I already knew) and I need to freshen up and sharpen up with a good taper (which I also already knew). But mentally I need to push this out of the way and move on.
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