keep it together

5 miles easy around liberty park. i was so tired that i felt nauseous for the first couple of miles. my work turnaround from wednesday night to thursday morning is slightly oppressive, so on thursdays i usually wait until the afternoon to do my run. unfortunately i'm working late again tonight, so the early AM run was the only option today. hi-yah.  

workout wednesday! JAJAK joined up with markP and friends for 6x800m on the track at highland high. i wanted to run these no faster than 5k pace, so around 6:00. splits: 2:59, 3:00, 3:00, 3:00, 3:00, 2:53 (andrea ran with me the last lap, which was an obvious boost). 400m recovery between each -- i milked every one. 

it's been over two years since i ran 800m repeats, so i was worried about how this would go for me. it actually wasn't too bad at all -- 5k pace felt like the perfect effort for this workout.

we ran grass loops around sugarhouse park for both the warm up and cooldown. sprinklers. ahhhh! allergies. ahhhh! summer is here.  

8 miles. emigration market loop. lots of sprinkler dodging this morning. 

6 miles. errand run. bank --> post office --> smith's. 

17 miles. water wheel loop. the magic drinking fountain has been turned on and the water was as cold and refreshing as ever. i've missed this loop -- it used to be my standard midweek 11-miler, but i haven't done it for about a year because the route turned into a long run when i moved.

here's the route (the drinking fountain and water wheel are at about 9.3):