Today was a great workout! Of anything I have done thus far in running, this workout really workout would definitely be in the top five. The scheduled task was 3x3000 meter repeats at a bit faster pace than threshold. The idea was to incorporate a bit of anaerobic work while also working on aerobic ability. The team split up and started to hit up the workout. My pack finished the first repeat in 9:42, and this felt really easy. The second repeat was again, 9:42. I felt pretty good, especially since we were running about 5:05 mile pace. The third rep was the best of them all. Our pack sort of "broke apart" midway through, and some of the freshman even stopped the workout (sat out the last repeat). Christian Thompson and I finished in the front of our pack, hitting the last repeat in 9:38/9:39(for him). We negative split the last 1500 by almost 10 seconds. This means that our last mile was about 4:55-5:00 flat. The best part was that this did not hurt too bad. I kept asking myself whether I though this hurt, and I couldn't really find an answer. On one hand, that last repeat did have some sting, but given 4:55 pace after five miles, this hurt very little. Anyhow, this was a good workout. We went to the gym afterwards and worked on strength. I had no idea how much this played into running, but according to coaches, it makes a big difference. | 