I was surprised by how I felt today. Not that sore, my legs are just a little heavy. Much better than I was expecting!
Today’s workout was a 60% and this was hands down the best 60 I’ve done. I don’t know what it was but I felt so smooth and relaxed. Coach said at the beginning that I was technically in my own group with a goal pace of 6:35-7:00, but I could try to keep up with the group if I wanted. I was kind of relieved to have a slower range because I didn’t worry about hitting pace or having a hard standard to hit, I knew I could hit within the range and with it being slower I wouldn’t have to stress if I was hitting slower especially since it’s the last day of speed/effort. But I determined to stay with the group for as long as I could. It was a small group today. It ended up being just Madison, Haley and I to go the full 5. I kept up until about 3.5 miles in, then I got the worst stomach cramps in the world. And it was a windy last mile +. And I started thinking too much about how I felt, lost my rhythm. I need to work on strength.
My first 3 miles were faster than my 80% earlier this week... haha. Splits were:
6:15, 12:30 (6:15), 18:44 (6:14), 25:13 (6:29), 32:32 (7:19). Averages out at 6:30
Yeah my last mile sucked but I’m super happy about the first 4. Coach asked me if I’ve been sandbagging it this whole time haha :) the first 4 miles were faster than I ran the road race in at the beginning of Cross.
I hopped in coach’s car right after instead of doing some cool down with Haley and Madison because my stomach hurt so bad. My body hated me for pushing it hard for so long haha. After a bathroom break back at the track I did a mile of cool down that was still a struggle haha. I guess that’s just an indication I worked hard :) lol
Hip rehab, rolled out, worked on activating my VMO some. Stretched out then called it a day
HR 58
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