Notes
I had the idea that I wanted to do a little speedwork during this run. I had just taught a lower-body pilates class (dumb) and the first 3 miles my legs still hadn't forgiven me. They were dead! Still, I figured I would try to do some type of pace work and the worst that would happen is I wouldn't be able to do anything and would just continue the easy slog.
I decided to do 3 X 1 mile repeats, aiming to run harder than what felt "comfortably hard" but not all-out, racing a 5K, hard. They were 7:42, 7:39, 7:39. I really liked doing the repeats on the path vs. the track. There are still markers every quarter mile.
I thought that would have cleared out my legs but the two remaining easy miles were again like running through sand with a huge, strong rubber band around my legs. Weird that the speed work felt much better than the easy stuff tonight!