Yasso 800's were on the plan for today.....I tried really hard not to be to afraid of the work out. Annette and I met at CMS to run them on their track. Their track runs east/west vs. the high school and other middle school with both run north/south. This is important because we had 15 mph winds today. We warmed up for two miles and then lined up on the track. My goal for today was to run strong and push through and if I was lucky, be were I needed to be - 3:30. The splits ended up being 3:25, 3:30, 3:27, 3:30. I went out to fast, but actually felt really good on the first one. The next two I used mantra's to get me through and was very pleased. I stop during the recovery before the last repeat and got a drink and this was a mistake, my legs thought we were done. I took off and 150 meters in, my legs felt like they were going to fall off. At 200 meters I was trying to decide if I was going to throw up or pass out... not sure which was going to happen...neither did. I just kept trying to push through and focus and ended up with a 3:30. This is the first time I have run these on the track and actually hit my paces, previously I was always 10 - 15 seconds off. I do not want to do them again anytime soon, but very glad with how they turned out. I then cooled down for 2 miles and had 1 MP mile on a gradual up hill road, thinking of MCM and the first two miles up hill. One recovery mile where I ran into Jenny and Saskia, so I stopped and visited with them and then one more tempo-ish mile to finish. My legs are tired and I love that feeling. I am going to try to hibernate in my office as much as possible until the lunch run. Avg Pace 8:27 3 miles on the treadmill at lunch.
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