AM - Met-up with the boyz early. 20 miles total with 3 miles at 5:30, 7.5 at 6:00 and 3 miles at 5:30.
Ran up 3 miles on the bike path for a warm-up and did tempo back to the trail head. Logan started pushing the pace right off - However, towards the last mile I thought it might be good to back off or I might be in for a tough morning. 5:21, 5:25, 5:39 -
Once we hit the trail head again we fueled up for a second and headed out at out 6 min pace. Started off just a bit quicker but ended up averaging 6:01 for the 7.5'ish. I was pretty happy with how comfortable I felt. However, whenever I looked at my watch I was off pace and had to step it up a bit. Right before we got back to the trailhead I was beginning to wish I picked different shoes.
After getting back David kept going (had to get back for a track meet) and the rest of us stopped for fueling and potty. After a couple minutes of stopping I wished I would have just gone with Dave. The legs and feet started acting up and getting going again was a chore. About a mile in Logan peeled off to get back for the meet as well and Clyde and I decided to go up 3.5 and tempo it back again. We both weren't too excited about it. Clyde did another pot-stop and we got tempoing once again. I had started having a few muscle spasms on the recovery run up and knew that I was getting close to having some issues. I've been wanting to push myself to that point because I have had problems in the marathon with spasms but haven't been able to duplicate it during workouts.
Once we started off on the tempo I aerobically felt great and decided I was just going to push the crap out of myself until the legs spazzed out. About 300m in I thought I would give it a push and shift gears. As soon as I did Clyde did as well and I just tried to hold on as long as I could. Probably not the smartest thing for me to do. I should have just gone for the 5:30 pace like was the original plan. I would have hit it or been really close. Towards the end of the first mile my legs started spazzing out and I had to cut it back and just coasted it in for the next 1/2 mile. 5:14, 5:45 pace- 1/2 mile. Finished off by just taking it easy back to the trailhead.
Overall I'm really happy with how I felt with the workout. I think it was one of the better ones I have had this year. I do however need to get some better long distance race shoes with some support.
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