AM - 8 miles. Warmed up 3 miles around SHP, then went down to the track and did a 5K Threshold Tempo in 15:33 (4:58, 4:59, 5:00, 35). Cooled down 2 miles. I definitely misunderestimated how dark it was going to be at the track this morning (despite the fact that I run outside every single day at that time). PM - 8 miles. Ran 30 minutes easy on the grass at SHP, then grabbed my spikes and went back down to the track. Rob was there, and he shared some wisdom with me: "Spikes are spikes, you just buy them because they look cool." Well, mine look cool. Spiked up for the first time in about 4 years and ran 8 x 400m in 67.9 average (200m jog). Jogged around for a bit to cool down. Today was definitely a deposit (not withdrawal!) day. I don't even feel like I did anything. But that's good because I need to save up some energy for a long tempo run on Saturday. All afternoon I kept coming up with ways to modify the afternoon workout to make it more challenging, but eventually I realized I was being stupid and the whole point was just to get in a little speed and make sure the spikes felt good. In the end, mission accomplished. I guess I'll add my first impressions of the Endorphin LD3. Super light, the toe-box has more room than the spikes I used to wear (Zoom Kennedy). In fact you could probably get away wearing socks with them, although I am strongly against socks w/ spikes! The upper hugs the foot perfectly and there are absolutely no seams (so perfect for wearing without socks). I think they'll be good for 5K/10K.
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