7:30 AM: 3 warm up, 1.5 (6 laps) drills, 2 cool down 1 mile (1609m) at 4:51.1, 800m jog 2 x 400m fast, then at 5k pace w/ 400m jog: 65.0, 76.2
4 x 200m fast/at pace w/200m jog: 30.0, 36.1, 30.1, 36.7 Slightly different pre-race workout, combining fast and pace efforts -- the point being to try to hit race pace by feel. On the mile, as Demetrio would say, I was "feeling it" but not killing it. On the "at pace" 400 I just misjudged the first 200, but felt fine otherwise. I think doing the workout in the morning definitely had a negative effect on the mile time. If I were smart, I would have been doing more of these morning sessions, but it is just really hard to get a sufficient warm up in and a reasonable workout in and still get to work at a reasonable hour. Even with this short session, I did not get into work until 10:30. It was already getting hot by 9am. Really ready for some cool weather to race in.
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