On to the next one … When a blog post starts with those 5 words, you can imagine that the workout was less than stellar. Tuesday night on the track certainly qualified as less than stellar. The assignment: 5x1k @ 5k pace with 200 recovery. The absurdly short recovery was instituted to force us to run at TRUE 5k pace. Did I listen? Eventually, but not after suffering for a bit. Results:
| Miles | Time | Pace |
| 4.21 | 35:15 | 8:21 |
| 0.63 | 3:56 | 6:14 |
| 0.63 | 4:08 | 6:33 |
| 0.63 | 4:05 | 6:29 |
| 0.63 | 4:12 | 6:40 |
| 0.63 | 4:20 | 6:53 |
| 2.68 | 24:00 | 8:57 |
Disaster. No excuses. In the aftermath, a few folks asked how I felt. Honestly, I felt terrific during the warm up down to the track. I even had to throttle back the pace because the legs felt so good. Obviously my downfall was scooting out too fast on the 1st interval. Toss in a short recovery and uncertainty during the 2nd interval and the night spun out of control quickly. I should have settled in at 4:00 each and called it a night. Admittedly, I’m not a fan of longer intervals on the track (hamstering around a circle) and mucked up the execution, but there is still value to be had from whatever happened last night. Not sure what it is yet, but I’ll go with the thought. Toss in warm up, recovery, cool down and 10.54 miles for the evening.
Am I worried about last night? Nope. I had a great night of sleep last night and will have a productive recovery run tonight. I’ve found a nice training rhythm in the last 3-4 weeks, so a blip is not a cause for concern. On to the next one … Thursday is another big one. Stay tuned …