57F, 7:06 AP. Ok, not bad, not bad. I am slowly but surely climbing out of this slump, and the timing is good. I did 4 easy, then 10 @ MP, followed by a short cooldown.
The 10 MP miles were 6:46 AP. Splits were 6:46, 6:39, 6:44, 6:47, 6:41, 6:40, 6:49, 6:57, 6:46, 6:49.
Did it feel like my true MP? Nah, probably not. A little too much fatigue in the last 2 or 3 miles. But the fact that I could still execute the run shows improvement even from a week or two ago, so there is hope of returning to normal by the race, which means it's not quite time to throw in the towel on sub-3.
The course I ended up running was neutral, actually about 15' net uphill. Normally I like a slightly aided course for this kind of run but the wind direction meant it could not be set up that way today. Plus the darkness, and not entirely cool weather, could factor into making it tougher today. So there are a lot of bright spots. |