Notes
Perfect weather. 45 deg with little wind.
Workout: 4 miles warmup, 6 miles at sub 5:45, 1 mile jog, 6 miles at sub 5:40, 3 miles cooldown.
Jacob Korir joined me for the majority of the workout. He ran the warmup, first 6 mile segment, the first couple miles of the 2nd segment and then the cooldown.
Man, I felt amazingly good and smooth. I couldn't believe how easy low 5:40ish felt in the first segment. Ran 34:03 (5:41 avg pace) for the first 6 mile segment with splits at 5:42, 5:44, 5:39, 5:41, 5:39, and 5:38. After the slow mile jog (actually 1.08), we got going and immediately got down to low 5:30ish pace. I actually felt like I was almost running the same effort as the first segment. Jacob hung with me only for the first couple miles of the 2nd segment as he's still getting back into shape and didn't want to overdo it. I ran the last 4 miles alone and still was feeling very smooth. I ended up running the 2nd 6-mile segment in 33:09 (5:31 avg pace) with splits at 5:31, 5:35, 5:32, 5:31, 5:31, and 5:29.
Man, I'm feeling very fit and ready for Indy.