Notes
2x(5x1k @ 10k) w/ 1 min rest between Ks, 5 minutes between the two sets. Goal pace was 3:20-3:22 (although coach did say that was conservative). The track still has some ice and snow on it, so we did an all pavement loop, which was ok. It started with a gradual uphill, but then after that was pretty much all flat downhill; it did have a few more 90 degree turns then I would have liked. It was a beautiful, warm day to workout. All the LD + steeple guys ran together, I had the same goal pace as Brian/Steve/Aldous, but we started each one with Sean/Bobby/Jake as well.
I thought I had a great workout. It was tough, I was definitely feeling it in the legs, but it was broken up enough that it was really easy to stay focused, and I felt strong throughout. Every one was under the goal pace and I wasn't killing it or ever really feeling in danger of falling off the pace. I was in the back of our group every time, and was off the back for most of the second half. So I was getting shortchanged on rest by 5 seconds or so each time. I could have ran harder to stay with the group, but since I was already under the pace and had never run a workout this long before, I figured I'd just play it safe and was content to hang in back.
Lift afterwards. Hopefully we'll do some hurdle stuff this week!