AM: 4.95 @ 8:05 pace around my home. kids' first day of school. Made them pancakes then found out my bank was messing with me, had a crying fit, took the kids to school, then got 2.5 hours until I had to pick them up from school (still figuring out busing/metro route). PM: Went to a track close to my house and there were two groups doing organized workouts, one from my husband's university, and one was another community group. They look at me curiously. I stop and talk to some of them. I feel so uncomfortable stopping and talking to people I don't know, but I know I will be known as a snot if I don't move out of my comfort zone. The track had a thermometer: 31F (87.8F) at 7:30 at night. 3 miles warm up, stretching and strides, then 6x 800m at 5k pace, with 400m rest between. Wanted 2:48-2:50. Splits were 2:46 (2:21 rest), 2:48 (2:33 rest), 2:47 (2:41 rest), 2:46 (2:43), 2:47 (2:15), 2:48. I could have sworn I was headed for a 2:46 on the last one, but the thermometer had gone to 30F after the fifth repeat and I was so excited, then as I did the last straightaway of the 6th and last repeat it bounced back up to 31F. Was it the 31F or just lack of focus that sent the last interval in a tailspin (jk of course 2:48 is ok). Cooled down 3.16, most around the track. About 10.25 miles total. | 