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BEST WORKOUT EVER!!!!

October 13, 2010 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: 70 sunny

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Ok apology upfront...this is going to be a long and very enthusiastic entry. if you don't like my pep, stop reading now because it's only going to intensify haha.
so yesterday I wasn't feeling too hot...stomach hurt, legs were heavy. nothing was right.
NIGHT AND DAY DIFFERENCE!! today was amazing!! jogged to AU, felt a little excited/apprehensive about the workout because I heard it was going to be a sprinting something (hate those rumors) and I don't feel like that's my forte so I tend not to love those workouts. But, good news...it was 3xmile with 1 lap recoveries! that's probably the kind of workout I'll be running in heaven :)
I ran the first mile - alone and ahead - at a conservative 6:58. Very evenly paced: literally 1:44, 3:33, 5:15, 6:58 were the splits. almost textbook perfect haha :)
then a long slow lap recovery (with a little extra jogging while we waited for a clear start line), then turned out we were breaking up the middle mile into 2 800s with a lap in between. Went out conservatively for the first 800, thinking I'd run the same pace as the mile, so it was 1:43, 3:25. Realized during the one lap recovery in between that I was acting like this was a tempo run, not a workout. Got my head screwed on straight, and dropped the next 8 to 1:37, 3:16. crossed the line feeling fresher and better than I had before even! decided to rework the math and shoot for a 6:40 mile. ran 1:40, 3:21, 5:00, 6:35. felt slick and speedy!
on the way home, all I could do was glow. I wanted to run sedgewick. I wanted to sprint. To kick up my heels and frolic along albemarle. I was so sad to walk when I finally got inside...the hallway all of a sudden seemed like the perfect place to do some sprints! crunches were a lame alternative...
I made sure to stretch like a champ, so hopefully my legs won't be too tired tomorrow. Even if they are, it'll be that wonderful, satisfying kind of tired that every runner secretly loves. :)