It reached 45 degrees today. I contemplated shorts. But my legs were worried about their exposure. And I'm glad I didn't wear them because by the time I got going it was getting dark and it was hovering around 30.
2 miles warmup. Three miles at 1/2 marathon pace (7:54, 7:52, 7:45). Almost a 1/2 mile over to the track for 2 800s. I probably should have planned to end the first 5 miles a little closer. 2 800s at roughly 7:00 pace. I was shooting for 7:20-7:30 pace, but it was too dark to see the watch and the pace felt good. Then 6 x 100 strides. As I was hitting my sprint, which I was supposed to sustain for 5 seconds (and which most of the time was a little above or a little below 5 min pace), I was thinking that there are people who can actually sustain that pace for a loooooong time. Crazy. Then I ran home. I did run in my glasses today. They stayed on a little better because my hat was keeping them on.
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