"Small Workout" 2 mi. warmup to the USU track. Started my workout. Planned for 6x1000's at 5:50 pace (3:37 per 1000m) or a little slower than my last 10k pace. After the first one I decided 5:50 was too easy so I dropped them down a couple of seconds to I think 5:44 or 5:45 pace (3:35 per 1000m). 200m jog for recover in between each 1000. Here are my splits: 1 3:37 -- felt too easy, although the first one usually does it still felt like I wasn't working
2 3:35 -- this pace is better
3 3:35 -- still felt fine, halfway!
4 3:35 -- feeling good but starting to feel the fatigue catch up with me...breathing is harder
5 3:34 -- starting to feel my energy going fast but somehow pulled a second faster
6 3:36 -- including a massive sideache the last 200m and a 4 lane detour to avoid a face full of water from the sprinklers--I pushed it a lot harder the last one then the time shows .5 mile recovery jog around the track Started running back to my apartment the long way, taking it easy at first then after about half a mile or so, then increasing to about 6:30 pace. I felt like I was gonna die but kept thinking it would be worth it down the road. Kept that up for a couple of miles then cooled down the rest of the way back. My legs are now officially trashed...they haven't felt this dead in months but I think it will pay off. Now the question is if that was too much to start with. I guess we will see how I feel tomorrow and the next day. I signed up today for the Strawberry Days 5k down in Pleasant Grove this Saturday. I feel like this summer I should race a lot and get in the groove with that as much as possible so I've got a bunch of races I'm looking at including possibly 2 half marathons depending on how I'm feeling. We'll see what happens.
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