I am one with the levee and the levee with me

12 easy. 7:43 avg. Still holding a 77F dew point. Supposedly it should change for good this afternoon.

9 miles including 8 x 40s levee sprint. First day in awhile that I felt decent. Helps that the dew point is down to 65F.

AM - 8 easy, blessedly cool miles. I had to wear a shirt for the first time since February.

PM - 6 stroller miles w/ Rylie

2 x 2 mile w/ 2:00 rest @ tempo pace, + 2 x 35s sprints. 65F air/ 56F dew point. 

10:46 (5:21, 5:25)

10:51 (5:27, 5:24)

I felt great! I would have run a 5th mile, but I had a stress test about an hour after the workout and felt the need to save a little for that. 

4 stroller miles w/ Rylie

10 easy w/ 4 x strides.

AM - I drove out to City Park to use the track only to find it taken over by some festival. I couldn't believe it was so packed so early in the morning. Unfortunately I had to head home and alter the workout for the levee.

I was sort of back and forth about which workout to do (was planning on 6 x 1600m @ roughly 10k pace), and was leaning towards a mixed-pace run starting with 2 miles @ threshold, then 3 x mile increasing the pace to 10k race pace. But I surprised myself on the first mile by coming through halfway in 2:37. Why not ride this pace out and see what happens? 

So I changed things around to 3 x mile (3:00 rests) + 2 x half mile (90s rest).

5:05

5:14

5:11

2:40

2:39

I closed the 1st rep in 2:28 and the 5:05 felt fairly easy, and then I felt like I wore out quickly. Conditions weren't as favorable (75F air, 72F dew point) with a 10 mph breeze. 2nd & 4th reps into the wind. Finished off with 2x35s sprints.

PM - Added 5 stroller miles w/ Rylie.