Quite the long day!
Was supposed to wake up and race/run the Payson 10k for my tempo but I slept through my alarm and had to do 2x3 miles instead. Decided to run them at the cemetery by the Utah Stadium. In hindsight this was a bad decision. Each lap was .90 so I had to go a bit farther then 3 laps and there is a vicious hill about half way through. Started out just running in my flats but it started to hurt my IT so I turned around and went home to get my trainers. After the shoe change jogged to the cemetery so 2.5 miles warm-up.
First 3 mile didn't go so well. Bill told me 5:15 pace so 15:45 and it ended up being 15:46. I was happy with the overall time but the mile spilts were 5:04, 5:20, and 5:23. So I was struggling with pacing. Jogged a mile recovery and then started again. I really had to dig deep. I was debating switching directions in order to avoid the hill but told myself that it's basically cheating and I should just push through. Started out decent but my left quad was a little tight, about .25 in it warmed up and wasn't a problem. Came through the first mile in 5:15 and told myself to hold as best as I could. Going up the hill was deadly and tried to gain back some speed once I got to the top. Second mile was 5:12! Just one more to go! Dug really deep and pushed through finishing with a 5:11 and overall time 15:37. I was absolutely exhausted and laid down on the grass for a couple of minutes. Got up and that left quad was killing! Jogged back home and added .25 to get to 12.
Later that night met up with Coach at Murray and jogged the new course. It's looking pretty fast. Got 5.5 because after jogging it once we went back to a certain spot in order to make some changes! Left quad was still pretty tight.
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