Wasn't expecting a workout today, but I got one. Rained substantially from 11AM onward and then cleared up just as practice began, which everybody but me somehow anticipated, leaving me awkwardly warming up in my parachute pants and assorted rain gear. Workout was 8 laps in our trainers, 3200 meters, first 300 of each lap at 5k race pace effort, and then dial back the last 100 to a cruise only slightly more than training run pace. This was interesting because it wasn't super slow but I was able to recover while doing it. Anyways, my first two were a little fast before I settled in. Somebody went out with me, as I heard breathing behind, but they fell off hard after like 3 intervals and the closest person was like 30 seconds back in the end. The workout felt smooth and comfortable, came through 1600 at 4:57 due to the first two laps being pretty fast and then came through 3200 at 10:03. I'm very encouraged by this workout as I was running disrupted intervals and changing speeds yet still had fast splits. I think that if I ran the 3200 right now I would get a sizable PR. All I need to do now is show this sort of fitness in a race and I'll run a great 5k PR as well. Unfortunately the course is gonna be miserable on Saturday. Fortunately, those are my kind of conditions. Obviously my time won't be great, but I race well when things are ugly.
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