This used to be my least favorite workout of the week last summer. I was quickly reminded why this morning. I awoke to sound of thunder. The rain wasn't supposed to come until later in the morning. After taking a quick peek outside, it didn't look too bad. The TV weather girl showed a radar that looked promising for the next hour so I geared up and got ready to go. The thunder was still cracking to the south and it was a little dark to the west but I figured to just get going and let the chips fall where they may. I have been through a series of pretty tough workouts for the past week or so. I didn't feel too bad to start but as soon as I tried to get into half marathon pace, I knew this was going to be a rough day. The workout called for a warm up mile, 2 half marathon miles, 2x ( 2 minutes at 5k pace followed by 2 minutes of recovery), 2 half marathon miles, and a cool down mile. The 5k intervals were very tough today and probably ran them at around 7:25 pace which is a little off. The half marathon miles after the 5k intervals were fairly grueling today. I just didn't have it. Maybe it was the fast ride yesterday afternoon, I don't know. The rain held off but it was damn near 100% humidity. It's hard to gauge all of these factors but something to keep up with.
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