ORN: Tonight, I ran with the running store group at the Waggner High School track. We did 3x1600s [ugh] with 400 meter recoveries. Did I mention the 85° heat? With the mile warm up, I ran 4.75 miles in 45'14". Our target pace was 5K race pace, which for me is 8'05". Ha. Check this.
- 8'09" -- not bad
- 8'57" -- not even tempo pace
- 11'10 -- are you f***ing kidding me?
The truth is that I was so overheated, so stressed out from all the much faster runners around me, and so freaked out by what I was "supposed" to be doing and who I was "supposed" to be running with and what lanes I was "supposed" to be running in that I
utterly failed to operate my watch correctly. That means while the first 1600 split time is correct, the second and third ones include the recoveries and are worthless. I forgot to take off autolap and manually do my splits, so I don't even have an accurate picture of how badly I did. Maybe that's for the best.
Dear Santa Claus, gimme some love over here. In the form of a Forerunner. 305 or 405 -- I'm not picky.
There were so many things wrong with this workout. But I don't want to complain about it. The silver lining is that I ran in 85° weather when I could have easily given it a pass. Also, I'm proud of the effort I gave given that I ran at an awful time of day for me, had not eaten since lunch, and ate fried fish and french fries for lunch. Virtually every variable [except hydration] was stacked against me, but nevertheless I ran. That's my victory for today, and I claim it.
Too hot!
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