AM/Lunch: 16 miles, averaged 7:30.
6 x 1 Mile + 5 x 200
Got a decent night of sleep. Planned on doing this workout, but I had a few other ideas, including doing a heart rate based progression run to try to get something a bit over 2 hours, but I settled with my original plan of doing 6-7 x 1 mile. I told myself to keep the first one fairly "easy" and settle into it. I figured anything under 6:20 as long as I progressed nicely by the end would be fine. I was trying not to compare things too much to previous workouts, such as when I did 6 x 2k @ about 6:10/6:11 pace, so I guess maybe I did compare a little :-). I wanted things to feel roughly like the start of a half marathon and then work done to 10k pace or faster by the end. Mission accomplished.
I decided to stop at 6 and not do 7. I did want to do something slightly faster at the end without being overly taxing, so I was going to do a couple 400s on the track (about a 5' jog from my house), but decided just to do some long strides (200 meter repeats). Those were far from my fastest but decently fast given current abilities and the fact that I did them close to the 2-hour mark.
~4 up/4.6? down with the 200s
6:14, 6:10, 6:07, 6:06, 6:02, 6:03 (6:06 average)
42, 42, 40, 41
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