Mon 5/28 - PM 60 minutes easy
Tue 5/29 - PM 40 minutes incl. 5x300. Starting each rep at mile pace and hopefully changing gears to 800 pace halfway through each one. Long recoveries of 500 jog with a little water stop thrown in which wound up taking a bit over 3 minutes. A bit overheated the second and third reps but came back to earth after that. Avverage HR climbing steadily if slightly through each rep, although at least it remained somewhat stable during the recoveries. Length of the recoveries no doubt had something to do with this. Had to curtail the cooldown as I was very much pressed for time. Conditions generally favorable for a change. Splits:
53.2 (151) - 3:22 (135)
52.5 (157) - 3:17 (140)
52.0 (159) - 3:13 (143)
53.7 (161) - 3:14 (143)
53.6 (163)
Wed 5/30 - PM 65 minutes easy, Lincoln woods. Gradual pickup in pace after a pokey start.
Thu 5/31 - PM 50 minutes incl. 3k, 6x100. Cut down from 3:40 for the first km to a pair of 3:35s after that. HR gradually climbed as expected. Pressed for time which curtailed the workout somewhat.
Fri 6/1 - PM 45 minutes easy
Sat 6/2 - PM 60 minutes very easy, Area 51.
Sun 6/3 - PM 50 minutes incl. track DNF. Miserable effort or lack thereof. Hoping to run 77 pace which seemed reasonable and not overly irrational and it became clear on the third and final lap I completed that wouldn't be possible. Splits of 74, 78, and 79 and the trend was not in my favor. Paying the piper for ongoing terrible bedtime habits and I have only myself to blame for it. Shouldn't be so hard to change and yet here we are. Underlying exhaustion never feels far away and the least bit of hard effort brings it distressingly and immediately to the forefront. Breezy conditions but not overwhelming, the lack of people to run with didn't help any but I can hardly use that as an excuse. Celebrated this turd by going home and not getting to bed until 11:30, again, and not falling to sleep for some time after that thanks to the caffeine I ingested that was totally pointless in hindsight.
