5:00 am. 8 Mile very slow recovery run. I've decided a slow 8 miles is just as hard if not harder than a 10 mile fast run. It takes the same amount of time but seems to drag on forever. I started out very stiff this morning just couldn't get things to start moving, I went out in the dark with my headlamp on and went South on the River trail instead of North, you have to go up through some neighborhoods because the trail does not go all the way through, which is a very steep up hill for about 1/2 mile. Got to the park at 123rd South and really needed to stop for a restroom break but the doors all had code locks on them. Just because I was desperate and upset they where locked I typed in my ATM pin code to see what would happen, and sure enough the door opened right up for me. Craziest thing ever, when I was done I tried other random codes and none of them worked, an absolute miracle. So anyway, after that I felt much better and was able to pick up the pace a little bit but was still sluggish. I was glad the whole run that the schedule said recovery run today so I didn't have to feel bad I was running slow, cause I sure couldn't have gone much faster. Once you get set into a pace it's really hard to pick it up. Tomorrow is suppose to be a 10 mile race simulation day, anyone know of a 10 mile race tomorrow at 5:00am? I'm planning on just going to the treadmill and trying to run my fastest 10 miler ever. 8 Miles in 1:04:00 8:04/mile avg pace.
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