Mile warmup mile speed changes. The workout was 1600, 800, 400, 400, 800, 1600. My pace was supposed to be 5:50-5:55. This was the kind of workout where Bill doesn't tell us what the whole workout is, just what the next one is. You ask how many we're doing and all he'll say is till we're done. In some ways I like it this way, in some ways I don't.
Anyway, first 1600 didn't feel too hard, but I knew what kind of workout this was going to end up being, and knew it was gonna get harder, so I didn't push it. Just focused on hitting the pace. Got 5:53, right on pace. 800 was 2:54. 400 was an 85. Then on the second 400 the team decided to work harder, which is good I guess, but it threw me off. Hit 81. I went with them, but soon backed off a little because it felt too fast, and I was right. Then we started going back up, and once again, not knowing ahead what it was, it became mentally tough right here because I now knew what the rest of the workout was. Stupid brain. Haha just kidding. Here is where I started to slip, hit 2:57. Mentally it got really tough right here, I wasn't feeling very good (that would be the cheetos from pre-calc) and felt sluggish. This one wasn't nearly as easy as the first. Each lap just got slower, ended up with a 6:22? Something like that. Dang I really wish it would've been faster. Then we did 4x200s, just to open up stride. On the last one I sorta dogged it and got 43, Bill made me do another one because he wanted me to actually finish the workout. :/
2 grass laps cool down. Now my legs are feeling it. I wish I would've been able to get myself up this morning to go for a run, maybe I would've done better, but the thought of another hour of sleep won. I'm so glad they decided to do late starts every Monday.
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