PM: 9.1 miles, averaged 8:15. HR 145.
2 x 1 Mile w/ 90" Rest
It was pretty warm compared to the recent weather (65 degrees). I planned to do 4 x 1 mile @ 5k pace with 90" rest. I am not sure why I decided to do this workout as it is easily the hardest workout I do and I haven't done any 5k work in forever. I just wanted to get some mile repeats faster than my mile repeats and 2k repeats from the other day. I figured around 6:00 pace or under based on some predictions. The first mile was okay in 5:57. I got into the second one and paced it a bit slower, worried I wasn't going to get through it. That was a 6:04 and I knew I was just done. I could have worked through it probably, but it was going to get ugly and my legs were heavy from the last several stacked workouts.
Failed workouts used to bother me, but I know this wasn't the right workout and I could have gone a bit slower, maybe starting at 6:05-6:08. I might retry next week depending on recovery. This was still my first sub-6 mile in a number of years. I think I might have run one in early 2020, but know I have run any since we moved to Lake Orion in late 2020.
Evening: 6.1 miles, averaged 9:19. HR 119.
Big change in temperature. Nice out but windy and cooling down fast. I had to find a bathroom pretty early in the run, tried to wait it out, but that was dumb as I knew ignoring it was going to make things a bit precarious. I should have turned toward home, but didn't but knew Orion Oaks had one. Got there with a huge relief. Felt much better, except for there being no toilet paper :-(
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