It was a beautifully sunny day, almost 80 degrees. But the wind! My God! The wind!
I warmed up 2.1 miles to the track. Almost my entire warm up was full force into the wind. It seemed strong. I didn't look up any stats when I got home, but the hourly report on the weather channel says the wind was from the south at 26 mph. That seems about right. At the track I did 2 sets of 400 (5K pace--1:48), 1200 (10K pace--5:42), 2400 (1/2MP--12 min). I set myself up so that I never had to finish any of the intervals into the wind, just for mental purposes. I tried to keep myself dead on pace, but I was a little under on the short ones.
Actual run: 400 (1:44), 1200 (5:32), 2400 (12:00), 400 (1:41), 1200 (5:36), 2400 (11:56). Then I ran back home. This time the wind helped me, which is good because I was beat.
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