Wednesday, October 2nd - 9 miles (2 up, 3 x 2 miles (3 minutes rest), 2 down). A very warm and humid evening to get in my workout, and even more challenging was the Dewey's pizza I had a couple hours before I started running. Warmed up for 20 minutes around my neighborhood, before starting my workout on roads of Glen Carbon. Felt like a lot of effort, but eased into my second repeat ok and looped onto 159 headed back since I wasn't ready to encounter the nasty hill headed home for this workout. I was struggling through the first mile, but felt much better once I opened up my stride a little and quit worrying about my splits which is a bad habit (especially at night with all the wasted energy). Legs were really starting to get tired, and I was sweating massively from the humidity. Last rep, went out too hard, and pretty much let it all get to me and stopped a little past the first mile - wasn't mentally there, and was exhausted and not wanting to work this hard. So jogged it in and stretched out for awhile. Splits were: 12:55 (6:27, 6:28), 12:54 (6:30, 6:24), 6:21.
Thursday, October 3rd - 4 miles. Nasty humid run after work - out and back on the trails towards Troy. Nice and slow, nothing crazy to report. No watch, so I had no time but it was somewhere between 34-38 minutes. Blues home opener at night with Colby - Blues win 4-2!
Just got back from packet pickup for Sunday's race. Had a nice talk this morning with Coach Kyle about race plans, and I have been banned from running with my Garmin and instead will trust my body and run by feel. I don't have much expectations, but feel relatively good. This block hasn't gone perfectly, but we've gotten a lot accomplished. Think good thoughts for me on Sunday!
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