The best pace is a suicide pace

Mile warmup. Today was supposed to be distance, but it almost felt a bit more like tempo. 6 miles. First mile was 7:30. We sped up consistently after that, so it ended up pretty quick. The last mile was about a 6:10, so we got going at a pretty decent pace. My knee started hurting after about a mile, but only for about half a mile, so it's probably fine.

"Fun" run today. We drove out to U-hill for incline training. Mile warmup, then up the hill we went. This workout is basically a race, and I won. Didn't track pace because that's always disappointing on this workout. Got to the top, thighs on fire, ran to the U at an easier pace, soaked in the view for a minute, and walked down. Sore, but a good workout

mile repeats, so good workout. Mile warmup, at this point I really wish we could do the repeats on the same course as the warmup, because the course we use is on really long, thick grass for at least half of the distance. The grass saps my speed, and my will to live. Four repeats, the first three I focused mostly on form and consistency, so they weren't too quick, but they were really close together. 5:56, 5:53, 5:56. The last one I decided to go ham. The issue was that we did the last one as a team, so I, having ran in the first wave the whole workout, got way too much rest. My legs were super stiff when I started and this stuck around until almost the halfway point. I found my groove though, and tried to haul the rest of the course. Did alright, I was planning low 5:10's and finished with a 5:20,  so not terrible, wish we wouldn't have rested for so long.