54F. Today was the 4 x 1600 @ 5k, 90 sec rest that I'd been dreading. As it turns out I was a little flat today and porked it. By the end of the first rep I knew I would be in trouble, and after running/ dying in the second rep (2:58, 3:04), I knew I would have to bail or modify it. Decided to do the last 2 miles as 800s, which worked out. So in all, 4 miles at 5k pace:
6:00, 6:02, 2:58, 2:59, 2:58, 2:57.
After the first 2 miles kicked my butt so bad, the 800s were plenty tough, so I don't feel bad about cutting it down like that. Live to fight another day!
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