Big workout today, I was really nervous about it all day yesterday and really tried to relax and eat better. Took, 2 naps yesterday 1 before church and 1 after, tried to do stretches all throughout the day and ate pretty good, but we got invited over to some neighbors for desert last night which was counter productive, I just had a small piece of desert pizza. mmmm!! Woke up to early again and decided to just go get it over with, wore my fast shoes today, I forgot how comfortable they are. 5 mile brisk warm up 5 mile hard LT tempo (5:40 goal pace), 2 mile cool down. I was surprised how easy I got into stride in the tempo, felt pretty relaxed to start, started bumping it up a little bit, around mile 2.5 I found a nice breathing rhythm and held on pretty good. At the 3.75 mark I started to feel things come undone a bit, legs were shaking and my form was falling apart, I also felt a slight pain in my left knee, not bad enough to stop me but worried me a bit. At the 4 mile mark I was torn between slowing down or speeding up. I wanted to take it back down to 5:40 pace but Sasha's comment about my neural drive problem popped into my head and I decided to push that last mile hard. Did my last 1/4 mile at 5:24 pace. Was really happy when it was done, got a quick drink and finished with a 2 mile cool down then I stretched and rolled out a bit and hit the hot tub. | Distance | Time | Avg Pace
| | Avg HR
| Max HR
| | 1 | 6:16 | 6:16 | | 151 | 172 | | 2 | 12:30 | 6:14 | | 154 | 156 | | 3 | 18:41 | 6:11 | | 156 | 158 | | 4 | 24:59 | 6:18 | | 155 | 157 | | 5 | 31:16 | 6:17 | | 158 | 160 | | 6 | 37:02 | 5:46 | | 165 | 167 | | 7 | 42:44 | 5:42 | | 167 | 169 | | 8 | 48:22 | 5:38 | | 169 | 170 | | 9 | 53:59 | 5:37 | | 170 | 171 | | 10 | 59:27 | 5:28 | | 171 | 173 | | 11 | 1:06:02 | 6:35 | | 151 | 156 | | 12 | 1:12:33 | 6:31 | | 153 | 155 | Total Tempo
| 28:11
| 5:38
|
| 168
| 173
| Total
| 1:12:38
| 6:02
|
| 160
| 174
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