37F, rainy. Kind of a rough one this morning. I should've eased myself in to a tough run like this. Plan was 10 ez, then 10 @ MP. I started out running it as if I had not missed a beat, then predictably bonked in the 7th MP mile. The first 10 I ran at a 7:19 AP, which would be easy for November SlowJoe but not Current SlowJoe.
Then the MP miles were 6:40, 6:34, 6:36, 6:24, 6:40, 6:41, .5 @ 6:48, quit.
Again, a month ago I could've finished this out but not now; I pulled the plug when I couldn't hold 6:40. I should've just run 6:50 the whole time to make sure I got in the volume. Why would I think I could just pick up where I left off..? Then I had a fuel bonk on the cooldown, as a last kick in the butt.
I don't know if 3 weeks is enough time to get November SlowJoe back but I'll go through the motions to see. If I have to I'll be super conservative in the race.
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