This morning I woke up at 6 to go for a workout. In my warm-up I was still pretty stiff from Saturday's race. My knees weren't hurting like they were yesterday or friday, but my muscles are pretty stiff. I decided to do a 5x800 meter workout. My target pace for this was 6:00 mile pace. Between each interval, I rested for about 1:30. My times were as follows: 3:07, 2:58, 2:53, 2:57, 2:57. The first was a bit slow as I was trying to find the right pace (and I had a watch problem). They actually were a bit easier as I did a few more. I dry-heaved after the 3rd and at-the-end-of/after the 4th (it's a good thing I hadn't eaten). However, after the last leg, I was fine. I think I just need to work on not dry-heaving. I felt pretty good about the workout. I need to build up my speed and mileage, but today was a good start.
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