Notes
Well, for as uptight and grumpy as I was going into the workout, I ended up having the best workout I ever have in my entire life; which is a really weird thing to say lol. Workout was 20x800 with 200 jog rest. Ended up doing these in my NB 1500's and decided that all I would do is just do my best to chill and stay with the group. Had a pretty solid group today of Eric, Jackson, Jeff, Pat, Brant (every other 800) and Arturis for the first 8 reps. Went out and just stayed relaxed but was surprised to hear 73 through the 400. Ended up coming through in 2:27 in which case I was like "God Damn-it" because I wanted to stay conservative and not get over my ski's. Figured I'd just relax and not lead any reps since we were already quick and just hung in the middle to back for the first 10 reps. Was surprised to keep seeing times anywhere from 2:26-2:29 and not experiencing a big case of the feels. At this point Arturis had stopped and Jeff and Pat had fallen just a few seconds back so I would end up finishing with Jackson and Eric or 1-2 seconds behind them. We started to get even faster and on Jeff's last one (number 16) he hammered it home and Eric and Jackson went with. I got dropped and I still ran 2:23. The next few were 2:24-2:26 with me finishing a few seconds back from Jackson and Eric. On the last one, I did my best to hang with them as we got after it. They went through the quarter in 64 with me coming through in 67-68ish. They ended up closing in 2:08 and I was 2:15 so despite getting dropped hard I still closed really damn fast. Really excited and pleased with the workout and was just getting ready to change shoes when Michael pulled a surprise All-Out 300 on us. He had me start at the front and told me I couldn't get passed. Went balls to the wall and was able to keep the lead which was awesome! And while it doesn't really matter it was nice that, even though we didn't get timed, I definitely had the fastest close. Now I just have to work on not getting dropped by them each time they picked it up with 100 meters to go in the reps lol.
Overall, extremely stoked with today's workout. Definitely wouldn't have happened without having people to run with and I'm really getting excited with my fitness. I don't expect workouts like this to happen often and the fact that it happened today is a great gift. Legs are obviously toasted now so I really need to focus on recovery the next few days! Kaytlin was amazing and had dinner all laid out for us when I got home so I was able to stop any serious bonk feels since I got food in me quicker than I usually do. Overall a great day at the oval office!
Splits:
20x800 averaging roughly 2:26 + All-out 300 after(NT but definitely the fastest I've ran in months haha)