Felt compelled to try some form of organized faster running, calf spasm be damned. I figured it had improved sufficiently to handle a threshold-style workout. Originally planned to do this at Emerson field but ended up using Wellesley College track instead, a better choice given the wide sweeping turns. No idea of what type of pace to shoot for, trying to maintain a consistent effort and let the chips fall where they may. 200m jog after each rep ensured whatever unimpressive level of fitness I'm at asserted itself. Changed direction after each set as well. The upset was that the calf held up fine to the workout even though it felt tight on the warmup. The limiting factor was instead a lack of fitness which made this more of a slog than my ego would like, even given that I was running in clunkier shoes than normal for this type of thing. Recovery times evidence of this, creeping up from just under a minute to 65 seconds or so by the end.
Splits:
81.8 (55) 2:50 (57)
81.7 (57) 2:48.2 (63)
80.8 (59) 2:47.9 (66)
83.0 (62) 2:49.8 (65) a bit pooped from the previous set, backed it off this one
81.8 (65) 3:31.6 (tacked on an extra heroic 200)
total time 30:46 for 8k worth of running
some wind on the home straight but it died down with sunset. Sadly, I was just as wiped out after this modest effort as I've been after much more impressive workouts from as recently as December.
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