Life Liberty and the Pursuit of a Shiny Gold Medal

No pain!!!!! Slight tinge at the very bottom of the last forever long hill but it didn't develop into anything and I felt freaking amazing.

The team did a shortened kick workout after but I cut it just in case. We were just supposed to kinda stay relaxed and together and then pick it up when we hit the hotels coming back from the left frontage road. I gradually picked up pace up the final climb and hit lap on my watch by holiday inn and timed myself back. Id already dropped everyone so it was just me cruising. 5:40 pace for the last 1.34. Completely relaxed. So easy. Proof that that race was really a cake walk for me. Ha!! I cruised a pr on that course. Big things coming if I can stay healthy.

A little over two mile warm up

6x800 course loop (actual distance about .52ish) 200 meters in between

2:42

2:37

2:35

2:33

2:32

2:26

Mile cool down

Probably pushed harder than I should've for my first workout back. The pace were awesome considering the weather (15mph with very very strong gusts). I wasn't even planning on running that fast. 2:50 to 2:40 was the goal. Slight ache in the Achilles between reps and a 2 during the cool down. Basically my whole calf was just a bit tight.

Achiness past mile 3. Felt incredible before running tho.

Blue water tank.

6x200 goal was just to stay relaxed. Achilles hurts and it scares me.

4 mile out and back tempo. I was supposed to sick with the team and do a little under 7's up and close to 6's back. I went 6:30's up (felt like a jog) and then spent the first .5 coming back with the team going 6's and then gradually dropped it down to 5:10 pace for the last quarter mile. Average about 5:30's on the way back. I feel incredibly relaxed running crazy fast. My endurance wasn't what it was before the injury and my speed isn't near what it was during track but with the cross training I was doing I can run remarkably fast relaxed. The 2+ hour bike rides helped a lot. I'm ready to go. Injury was better than yesterday.

Accidentally slept through my alarm and had to haul to get to Harris's house before the guys left. 6.25 in 40 some odd minutes. It was pretty easy and close to pain free which is good. 

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