7.5 easy miles out to the Fort Mason hill and back, pretty warm this morning I wore a long sleeve shirt and had to take it off half way through. Ran in to my Co-worker Jeff on the way back so I ran back with him. He's definitely getting in much better shape, Sub 8:00 min pace for the the whole way. 7.5 in 57:52 7:43 avg pace.
Came back to the hotel treadmill to do the dreaded 5 x 800's I contemplated skipping this workout all together but decided I was feeling good and it might be good for me if I didn't break myself. Found out I'm not in as good as shape as I thought I was or maybe want to be, I need to remind myself that my main goal wasn't to get to St. George in the best shape of my life, just get there. I thought I'd be able to run at least 2 of my sets at 5:00 pace but found out that around 5:10 is puke pace and I could only hold that for about 1/4. After my second repeat I really felt sick and decided to run the final 3 a bit slower. My form felt OK and it didn't really "hurt" I just felt sick running that fast. 5 x 800's with 400 rest.
2:36, 2:36, 2:39, 2:46, 2:47 Boston Marathon sign up today!! Who's going? Not me, I don't have a Qualifier :( But.... my St. George time will qualify me for 2013 and I'll turn 40 1 week before Boston 2013, so that's my new goal. Sad that I'm looking forward to turning 40.
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