Notes
8x3' on-2' float. I just did not feel good at any point today. I wanted to shoot for my standard 5:00 on's and 6:00 offs, but Noah, Will, and I were sluggish out the gate. The first two were uphill as we took Cherryvale from Nevin Platt to S Boulder Rd. I felt like I was working hard, but not running at an equivalent pace. 5:17/6:30, 5:16/6:13. We made our way onto the standard tempo loop around East Boulder Rec and even the downhill along Manhattan didn't inspire speed. By the time we were done with #4 I was feeling kind of wiped. 5:04/6:00, 4:59/6:26. We embarked on a second lap of the tempo loop and by the end of #6 I was just in the survive-and-advance mindset. I knew my pace was going to be lagging off of expectations but I was still working. 5:09/6:33, 5:08/6:09. Noah had pulled away around #5 and I was a bit in front of Will but he would catch up on the float before I'd pull away again on the on. 5:05/6:31, 5:10/6:20. Avg. 5:08/6:20. Not my best work, and felt awful doing it, but the calf doesn't feel worse and I got through a tough morning in one piece.