AM: 77F, 85%. 8 mi. total. Today was the next step in my 5k series of workouts after the last 6 x 800 session. Today it was 5 x 1000, 400m active recovery. Target was 3:45, which is more like 10k pace, but 5k effort in The Death Zone. I averaged 3:44.4. Reps were 3:41, 3:46, 3:46, 3:47, 3:42.
I felt completely done after the 3rd rep, like I would normally feel after the last rep in a hard set. So I walked the first 100m of the recovery lap before the 4th and 5th reps, and was able to barely hang in there. At least I finished what I set out to do (for once), even if I took some extra recovery/cheating. Small victory today. After I got back in the car, a nice cooling rain began to fall - cruel tease from the running gods.
PM: 4 on the TM with some more aggressive strides than usual.
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