Tuesday, March 4 (tempo + speed)

This would normally be a steady-state day, but I wanted to help Matt with his race-simulation workout, so I decided a short tempo run beforehand would be enough.

I warmed up and clicked off 6400m in 21:44, which is just what I was aiming for. I felt a bit stiff throughout the run. Looking back, I've made this comment enough times in the past two weeks that I'm glad I'm about to head into a short rest period.

After a break, I warmed back up and paced Matt. He did 1000, 700, 500, 300.
I ran the first 600 of the 1000, first 400 of the 700, last 300 of the 500, and the 300.
I took it out too hard on the first one, so there wasn't really much acceleration, but my splits were:
600: 95 (63 pace)
400: 63
300: 45
300: 43

Amazingly, my legs actually felt better doing the speed than they did on the tempo. Not that the workout was a cakewalk. I'd have had a hard time finishing the 1000 with Matt if I wanted to. But it did start to get inside my brain - going fast is fun. Maybe if I knock off this 15:00 5000 early enough I'll have time left this year to go for 4:00 as well.