8 miles at 7:15 pace - mostly on roads... Road running is insufferable, but luckily I had some Audible credits to cash in. "Talking to Strangers" - Malcolm Gladwell. Thus far its been pretty dark and depressing, but interesting enough to get me through a boring run so I'll take it. Got a wild nosebleed about 4 miles in, took a pit stop to stuff some grass up there and get chased by an old dude and his RC supercar.
Finished 8 miles on the paved trail system, did 8 x 20 seconds hill "sprints" (pretty dead, not much speed there), with jog/walk down recovery. That ended up being exactly a mile, then a mile cooldown home.
Good day. Starting to feel my legs coming back. The race has been upgraded to put 3rd place well out of reach and a top 10 finish as a much more reasonable goal. Just gotta keep my head down and embrace the grind.
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