1/25/17

Sun 1/22 - AM 80 minutes incl. track 3k, 800

Double that seemed a good idea ten days ago, before the hamstring went awry. Expectations lowered significantly as a result to not further aggravating the problem. Hopefully this was the case since the races themselves were well beneath mediocre. 3k a joke, second a lap slower than my previous attempt at the distance three weeks ago which I thought at the time was garbage. What that makes this performance, who knows. Rolled through the first kilo in 3:12 and the mile in 5:08 and in a form of cruise control from there. In addition to aforementioned leg troubles, feeling quite flat and tired for a change. If anything that situation has worsened of late. Between races, a period of time of some 3+ hours, got in a cooldown jog, lunch and plenty of waiting. Very perplexed about how to approach an 800 on a bum wheel and in the end realized I was only trying to run a bit faster than the first half of the last mile I ran and to stop obsessing about it. Another cooldown jog, shorter than planned in rapidly deteriorating weather, and that was that. Depressing how much I've backslid in a scant week after indications a week ago that I might actually be making some progress.

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