AM: Ran my workout that was supposed to be done Thursday. Windy and warm morning. It never really cooled off last night because of cloud cover. Also rainy during the night so have som nice humidity. 28-29C (abt 82-84F), 75% humidity. Windy. Not as bad as Thursday, though. So while not ideal conditions, the call to switch workouts was the right one. TM still not an option today since the gym is closed for some other bizarro hk holiday. Warmed up 30 min. Feeling better than Friday. Not tapered good, but not trashed, somewhere in between. Stretched in the middle of the warm up really well. Plan was 4 miles at HM pace, one mile easy (but not jogging) then 2 miles at 10k pace. I tried to make it so I was going into the wind for the first 4 miles, and away from the wind the 10k miles. Splits were 6:26, 6:29, 6:13 (less wind in this mile), 6:17, rest mile was 7:20 (had bathroom break and accidentally turned off watch for it, got some water), "10k" miles (you'll see why they're in parenthesis) were 5:59 (pathetic, roughly the same mile as the 6:13 mile, somewhat more protected from wind), 5:47. So this was not a stellar workout, but I tried to stay true to the pace effort, and the effort of this workout is money in the bank. I think the miles I have been running are keeping my legs tired. Cool to hit 100 miles this week (haven't yet, but will with my afternoon run today), though it's only because of my Sunday race miles. I will take a once in a lifetime 100 mile week and cash it in in eight weeks :D PM: stretching session, some exercises, then 5.03 with Ben on his new-used bike, dodging recreational HKers on the bike trail. 100 miles baby!
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