Workout was a 4.5 mile tempo cutdown with the first mile at 5:24 and each mile thereafter 8 seconds faster ending at 5:00...then for good measure I was to tack on an 800m at 2:26. I hit all my mile times but let's just say the 800 meter thing didn't happen.
It's amazing to me how well one workout can go and how challenging the next one can be. Last week at this exact time i ran 2x2M at 5:01 each of the 4 miles. It was actually not that hard. Granted there was a 3:30 rest in between the two two-mile reps but then today I couldn't even do the 800m at the end. Well,. I could have but they wouldn't have been anywhere near the 2:26. 2:36 if I was lucky.
Ah...the mysteries of running.
Pretty cold today. 49 degrees and cloudy. | 