Speed work today. Mercy me, it's been a while. I didn't have my garmin set to give me slow down/speed up warnings, I just figured it would take everything I had to make three 8:30 miles out of 7.
So I did one mile warm up, and then ran as fast as I could, trying to get an 8:30. I felt like I was going to barf, but I finally finished the first fast mile, and my pace was a 7:32. Well, that's a nice surprise. My recovery 800 was slow- I was spent! Then I stopped & stretched my quads and set my watch to keep me between a 9 and 8 pace. The next speed mile was a cake walk compared to the first. 8:17 avg pace. Then another recover, then a 8:08 mile. Then I had a nice long recovery/cool down.
First Day of school today. Saw some little kids waiting in the early dawn light for the bus. Cute little critters. Speaking of critters, there were bats circling me as I finished my last speed mile. I saw one fly across my headlight, and thought it was pretty neat to see a bat so close to me, and then it happened again. I guess I was starting to smell like rotten fruit or something.
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