I just finished the first track workout of my new half marathon training plan and it was a total bitch. It shouldn't have been...I mean, the times I was aiming for on the mile repeats were slower than what I just ran for 10K, but between starting off too fast (shocking, I know) and the sun being really strong and there being a pretty stiff wind off the river and the normal Riverbank State Park obstacle course of errant soccer balls and delinquent children, I'm feeling pretty intimidated by the nine or so track workouts left to go.
| I also did a slow, easy 2 miles each way to and from the track to warm up and cool down. I guess it's understandable that I was a little wiped out at the end after burning up those last couple of 200s, but I was almost done at that point anyway and I really didn't want to run slower than I was supposed to for any of them.
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