Went and ran on the track today. I love running on the track. I ended up doing a total of 12 miles there. Half of them were one direction. The other half were the opposite direction. I wanted to do 5-6 one-mile repeats. Below are my times. 6:31 - wanted to start conservative and did 6:29 - pushed the pace a bit 6:27 - this one felt hard 6:19 - I counted how many steps I ran each 100m, and it helped me stay focused 6:27 - pushed through the discomfort on this one 6:29 - didn't think I was going to be under 6:30 but was! I did 1.5 miles warmup and 2 miles cooldown and 800 meters between each repeat. This was an excellent workout for me. I will do a similar workout in a few weeks, so hopefully by then my times will be faster. This week had some ups and downs. I ended up with 45 miles of training, which ties my best for the year. My weight is slowly dropping after plateauing for a few weeks. I probably have at least another 5-10 pounds that I can lose (and still be healthy).
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