Met Sasha, Josse, Jeff and Derek at Sasha's house at 5:15. I did one jog around the block first so I could stretch while people arrived. Sasha pulled out one of his torture devices -- the heartrate monitor for me to wear and him to monitor. More data for Sasha Science (can you see me rubbing my hands together like a mad scientist?)!!! Wahaha! We start out slow, but Derek and Jeff speed up. As a form of malicious compliance to the heartrate monitor I try to stick closer to them than Sasha, seeing if I can break the signal. Did it work? I don't know. We run six easy, to get us closer to fatigue before starting the workout. Then we do 4k, 3k, 2k, 1k cut backs. Only 200m rest. Ugh! I wanted marathon pace for the 4k and to go faster with each one. We start uphill. 4k: 15:31 (6:12, 6:11, 3:08), up the trail, Derek took the lead, Sasha asked me to give him five and I explained I wanted to be at marathon goal pace, so he backed off. Only 2:15 rest 3k: 11:13 (5:58, then 5:14, just under 6 min pace overall), felt good going 6 min pace, but paid for it on the next one. Only 2:11 rest 2k: 7:34 (6:04, then 1:30, 6:03 pace overall), felt like death on the first quarter, but negative splitted on the quarters, did 400m rest after this one so 3:58 rest 1k: 3:28 (5:33 pace), out kicked Sasha at the end, he said he was just being a gentleman. 95% chance that's true. 3 miles or so cool down. I bought 20 lb of ice and dumped them in Josse's bath for an ice bath (I live 30 minutes away and had to work in Orem today so just stayed). Thanks for the facilities Josse! And thanks for coming out and working hard even though the watch wanted a sleep in. Evening: Abs and stretching
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