43F, 16 @ 6:55 AP. A little too windy for the track so I headed to the creek trail to do a 4 x 1.5 @ LT, 1/4 mile recoveries. I stacked the deck in my favor by running upstream for the 8 warmup miles (7:30 AP) and then downstream for the workout. Going downstream it drops 15-20' per mile -- almost imperceptible while running but believe me it makes a difference. I needed the confidence boost.
Splits: 1.5 legs in bold, (1/4 mile rec. time) -- 9:03, (1:59), 9:08, (2:04), 9:02, (2:06), 9:00
Works out to 6:02 AP for the LT miles - a little skewed thanks to the downhill, and distance was measured with garmin of course, not on an accurate track, but I'll take it. This is the kind of workout I would've turned in before the December mess. Actually, one of the most encouraging parts of this run was the 1.25 mile cooldown @ 6:44 AP...and it recovered me. Last 8 miles in 50:46.
I have to be one of the most bipolar runners around. In December I barely ran, injured myself, got sick, worked ~60 hrs/week, boozed way way too much, ate horribly and gained 5 pounds. Now on January 4th I've just done maybe one of my top 10 all-time workouts @ 5 lbs fatter.
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