8 miles - 9:00 - from work before work. rio grand parkway. it was near 70F before the sun came up!i was really dragging this morning - my confidence has been shot lately because of the "deep fatigue" episode i experienced a few weeks ago. i'm definitely feeling much better these last couple of weeks, but every time i feel just a little tired i start worrying that it's coming back. anyway, after two very slow warmup up miles i ran a ladder of minutes @ 10k - HM pace: 1 2 3 4 5 4 3 2 1 / with a minute easy between each interval. the second i began my first interval i felt 100% better. by the time i got to the 5 minute step, i was feeling like an actual runner again, but steadily lost strength after that to the finish.
splits: 9:55, 10:22, 8:34, 8:16, 8:02, 8:46, 9:17, 8:51 WT 55 miles one forty-three
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