AM - Did a seven miler with the team. Jensen got kind of mad because he was being disrespected by some stupid seniors, so we ran alone. I thought we were going fast, but it was only 7:20's pace. Actually, it was faster, but then my stomach decided to get going and I had to walk a bit to get home without blowing it all up.
PM - Had a magical run. I really wanted a day off of, but I didn't get it. That's ok though. It all worked out in the end. No hauling tile up stairs today. I started off with a fall and slow jogging and a side ache after having eaten dinner at the reunion. Once I made it up to the top of Cedar Knolls, I realized something. I needed to run my classic three mile tempo. It's pretty weak and easy, but that was what I was looking for in this rest week of mine. I just ran as fast as my legs would let me go comfortably and left the rest up to the Lord. My aerobic system was 100% fine the whole time. No O2 debt was to be found. I started to feel sick towards the end, but I toughed it out and finished up in 16:17 or 5:23 pace. That is a standing personal course record by precisely 20 seconds. Now that is beautiful. I walked over to the benches in the cemetary and sang primary songs to myself. Then I realized I needed to try to tempo back up. It's quite the group of hills with no down hill, so I was expecting to be right around 20 minutes. Anything better would require a well type effort. I did what I could and made it to 400 South before a quad weakness from hauling tile started to prohibt my confidence in the integrity of my muscle. I was going just under 19:30 pace and that was the hard section. Then I felt like I should just jog home, and it was wonderful. Even then, I still had a solid spring in my step.
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