Last nights workout with run club was fast and exhausting, which was partly my fault. I always get anxious while sitting around at work waiting for the correct time to leave so I can get to training on time. This usually leads to an early departure and not coincidental, an early arrival. I hate to sit around at the track too, so I started warming up. By the time it was ready to start our workout, I had already run two miles around the track.
Then the real work started. We ran intervals of 3 min/5/3/5/3/3 with a 3 min break in between each interval. Coming off of my epic sub 6 min mile I was attempting to train at the same pace. The first three were ok, I managed to sneak in with a quick pace group and I held my own. However after the second 5 min interval, it felt like I was running through a lake full of gravy. I managed to keep my pace group within 100-200 meters, but I could no longer stay with the group.
The best part was the light rain we had near the end of the workout, it was very refreshing. It was just the perfect temperature to cool you down and not extremely wet so it didn't slow you down either.
Actually I lied, the best part of the night was not the weather. At the beginning of each practice our run coach (Doug) reads off race results from the weekend so we can congratulate everyone on their performances. Out of no where he brought up my mile time (and a few others but it makes me feel special to believe it was just mine) and how much I had taken off of my previous mile. It was the first time I have ever been congratulated by the club and afterwards a few of the elite runners approached me to offer personal congrats. After a couple of months of being in the shadows and going through the motions, I felt like I really belonged to the run club. It was awesome, I may just become a runner one day after all.
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