Still hot (75) and humid this morning. Today I planned on doing a tempo run. The goal was to run 2 x 2m at 6:30 pace with a couple of minutes recovery between. I have never done this workout before. I have always done my tempo runs just straight thru but thought this might help me run a faster pace given the weather conditions. I did a two mile warmup then started the first 2 m tempo. I felt a little sluggish getting started but soon got into the right pace. It was a pretty hard effort but at this point I didn't think I would have any problems with the workout. The first two miles were 6:33 and 6:31 so was happy to be staying on pace. Did a couple of minute jog for recovery before I started back into the tempo. This did not seem to work for me at all. I felt really bad when I started back at tempo pace. My legs felt like Jello and I just didn't seem to be able to get going again. I ran 1 mile in 6:40 but was pushing it real hard so I just shut down and jogged the rest of the way in. I don't know if this is something you have to get used to or if this workout is not for me. I really feel like I could have ran the 4 mile tempo straight thur at pace if I hadn't taken the recovery. I will try it that way next time and see what happens. I was pretty disappointed at first but I guess it is good to get in 3 tempo miles especially in the heat.
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