It was super hot and dry. Today's workout was 3-4 miles tempo. Everybody was so dead from yeasterday, though, that nobody went over 3. After maybe a mile of warming up, we were at church run. I started with the guys, hoping I could maybe stick with some of them. I was with half of them the first mile. Doyle and Jordan were pushing each other, and I was right behind. The first mile felt really good, expecially getting my legs to stride out. It was a 6:12, which was 8 seconds fast. The second mile hurt. Jordan pulled away, and Doyle wasn't too far ahead of him. At the turnaround, my half mile was a 3:25, and I was struggling. Coach turned around with me, and I saw that Jordan had passed Doyle. We slowly reeled him in and caught him at the 2 mile mark. That mile was slow, but it was still a 6:32. I really did not want to keep going, but I also wanted to catch Doyle, so I kept pushing. He got away on the downhill, but I caught him when it got flat. We stuck together the rest of the time with Coach right there with us. I fell off on the last half mile, but caught them again when we went over the hill to see the finish. My legs were hurting, bad. I was able to sprint the last 400 or so, but had to go around a car crossing 300S. When I got to the finish I wanted to collapse, but held my ground to catch my breath. The last mile was a 6:14. My overall time was 18:59! I don't think I've done 3 miles in under 19 for a workout in a while, but it felt so good. We waited for everybody else to finish, then cooled down a mile. It was a good workout, but my body was dead.
Somehow around 4:30, I was feeling good enough to do 3 more miles at around 8:25 pace. They really helped loosen my muscles. Right before bed I did a really hard core workout.
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