Took the morning off work, not really able to sleep in after getting in late last night. More flat than I would have liked as a result, but perked up after some tea. Long warmup through Area 51 which was needed to work the kinks out of my legs. After some back and forth I decided to go with a straightforward cutdown and try to negative split everything. This approach plus the usual breeze coming across the track meant holding back on the pace a bit early on, a necessary concession. Splits as follows:
5:10 (2:37, 2:33)
3:42.6 (1:53.3, 1:49.3)
2:25.2 (73, 72.2)
71.4 (even)
rest was a bit over 4 minutes after the 1600, just over 3 after the 1200, just over 2 after the 8. Felt relaxed early on but it obviously got harder to go negative splits as the pace got faster. Still a good session in the sense that I was rushing through it in the morning. More worrisome was the fact that the left adductor became increasingly sore, more so after each repeat. Stiffened up a lot after the final rep and made the very short cooldown a hobble. Aggravation of the strain from January. Not something I was expecting but it makes perfect sense as I haven't been doing stretching and strengthening with any regularity of late. Leg remained stiff all day although it did respond positively to stretching and direct pressure. I also need a massage again, badly.
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