Weekly Mileage: 15 (2 days)
Workout
2 mile warmup
8x800 w/ 3 min. rest
1 mile cooldown
Breakdown
Feeling a little soreness in some spots on my legs and my feet, so I opted for a day off Wednesday and felt it was more important to get this workout in today than an easy day. I had to wait until dark to get it in because I wanted to do it on the track to stay off pavement and there was a lacrosse game in the stadium until about 8:15.
Long story short, it was hard. I wanted it to feel easy but still having not recovered as well from the 14 miler, it was not easy. I did the first one in 2:46 and felt like trash. I wanted them to all be in the 2:45 range, which made me nervous. It didn't help that it was totally dark in the stadium.
I focused and hit the next three in 2:44, 2:44, 2:42. I took a GU after the fourth one with some water and then tried to convince myself that I could do four more and not just two more. I got through the next one in 2:41 and then cranked out another in 2:41 as well.
I took an extra minute of rest before the last two and managed a 2:40 and a 2:36, closing the last lap in 75 seconds. It hurt, but I was strong and it showed me I have some pain threshold and some guts built up. 8x800 in that pace is hard and especially after such a limited time. I felt good when I finished.
Shoes
W/U and C/D in Kayano 18
Workout in Fastwitch 5
Next Up
We will see how some of the bumps and bruises feel tomorrow and go from there. Most important thing is a 10 miler this weekend.
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