Notes
https://youtu.be/Ef9QnZVpVd8
The 8k curse lives on. Although if the trend of improving by minute every two years continues, I'll be at 24:45 in 2022! Disappointed for sure, it's been hard the three years seeing myself run great workouts week in and week out but never being able to put it together when it matters. I love to train, but I'm not sure if I love to race. A workout always seems exciting, like I'm a bit nervous but always eager to prove to myself I can get it done. With races or time trials, I only feel anxiety about trying to run a certain time or something. I wish I could figure this out.
Had Nolan McKenna come out to help pace a bit. Wanted 15:00-15:10 through 3 miles, then hopefully come down. Got out a little strong, and I didn't feel great, but I tried not to think about it. By two miles I was def thinking about it. I knew I would be prob nowhere near any goal I had coming in and that was pretty disheartening. Tried to just keep moving forward on each uphill piece and I was working that stretch pretty well, but it wasn't enough and the positive splits kept coming. Saw the 4th mile split and that hurt to see on the watch, but I kept an eye on the projected finish and just tried to inch it down from 26:00. With about a quarter left, I thought I might be able to dig hard enough to get under 25:40, buy the legs were heavy and the chest was burning. I thought the watch would automatically stop at 8k, but it just flashed the time so I had to go back and set the last split to round out a 25:45.