Definitely not in track shape right now. That's okay I will be soon. Went to the oval and did 2 miles warmup and a mile of speed changes. Then changed shoes and went to the mile start. Workout was a mile (not 1600), then 3 sets of 3x300s. All of it was supposed to be at 5:20 pace so it becomes easy for me to hit 80s. I had the window 5:20-5:25 for the mile and I tried to prepare myself mentally and thought I could do it, had a little doubt because that isn't far from my PR but I really wanted to. So I was really disappointed when I hit 5:35. It was that third lap. I fell off Bill and it was over. We started too slow at 83 (so 80ish for 400 where I was hoping 78ish) and I think that may have contributed to it cause I naturally slow down each lap. But I should have stuck with Bill. Two laps then started 300s. These had a little over 100 meters recovery and immediate start once we got to the line. In between sets we had a lap recovery. Times were: 1) 59, 60, 60. 2) 59, 60, 61. 3) 59, 60, 60. The last set I was mentally losing it but managed to gut it out. It was really hard to get myself to just finish it but I think I'm mentally stronger than I was say a few months ago. Then 6 laps cool down to 10. Did my core!
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