The weather could not make a decision today. So, we got outside, and it was decent weather, good enough for shorts and a long sleeve. Yeah, that was before we started our workout. After our mile warmup around the track, the wind and clouds came. Our workout was 4x1000@ipace w/ 3 minute recovery. Later we had 4x200 w/ 200 recovery. For the 1000s I was supposed to hit a 3:37. Mentally, I was feeling really good. Clara tried to stick with me which helped. My first was hard, but it felt good. My time was 3:35. The second one, it started to lightly rain. It didn't effect anything. I got a 3:34. Then, the wind started to kick in. The third was pretty bad. Running on the back stretch was a wall of wind. The rain hit my face like little pins, it was so cold. I couldn't feel my hands or face. My eyes were closed when I looked up. My legs weren't too cold, surprisingly. The front stretch was hard to stride. Mentally, I was pretty broken, but I still pused through. My time was a 3:45. Coach was nice to let me draft the last 100m off of him. It was cold! When I started the last one, it started to snow. That wasn't much better. I started, but my first 200 was a 35. I kept pushing. Similar to the first, it was bad. On the last 200 Coach let me draft, which helped. I passed him the last 100, but finished with a time of 3:52. I was pretty bummed that my times were slow, but that weather. I was gonna go inside, but decided to do the 200s on the tailwind stretch. They were way good. I did them with Clara, who was kicking my butt, but I never let her pass me. They were 40, 39, 39, 36. The track had a layer of snow on it, and it was pretty slick, so these times were kinda hard to hit, but they were perfect on pace. On the last one we really went hard. When we were done, it was warm again with a light snow . Kelsey joined me and Clara on a 1.25 cool down. When we were finished, my body was cold, and it felt like I had been skiing all day. We stretched inside.
Around 6:20, I ran 3.25 miles easy. It was a little windy, but not too cold. The sun was out. My averagr pace was under 8. I also did a medium core workout before bed.
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