I did the same workout this Tuesday as I did last Tues (except I did it right). Warm up was 2 miles, then 4 x 1 mile at 1/2 marathon pace (400 recovery), 6 x 200 at a faster pace (100 recovery) and then about a 2 mile cool down. Warm up was at about 9 min pace. Splits on the 4 fast miles were 7:45, 7:41, 7:43, 7:38. My 1/2 marathon goal is 8 min pace, but I was feeling frisky. Then my 200 time goal was 53 seconds and I did all of them either in 47 or 53 seconds. Cool down was slow--right around 9:45 pace. It was almost 60 when I started out and I was way overdressed because I was intimidated by the wind. I had to stop after the first fast mile to take off one of the shirts I was wearing (a cold gear shirt. What was I thinking?). A t-shirt felt good. I did wear warmer pants on the bottom and they were fine. I also kept on my ear band because it helped to keep my glasses in place (and sometimes the wind bothers my ears). I had a dream last night that I was invited to Sasha's house for dinner and when I met him, he was a short, wrinkly old man, and I was incredulous about how he could run so fast. There were also a bunch of other people there, but no one talked to me because they were all mad at me for some reason. Then the house, which was 1/2 normal, but had this impossibly high dome made of bricks on it, fell down on us when a huge gust of wind blew. I have no idea why I dreamed that.
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