I ran with Sasha and Tyler this morning. We went out 2.5 miles and then came back to the start of the 5 mile tempo where we said goodbye to Tyler. The goal was to see how long Sasha could hold 5:00 pace and then to finish the 5 mile tempo as fast as possible after that. We started off, but Sasha's watch didn't get started so we stopped after 100 and came back to start again. We started again and went through the first 100 in 20 seconds, so a little slow. I don't know exactly why, but I just wasn't feeling it today. I think it was primarily from a lack of sleep the last 2 nights, but I feel like there were other factors as well. Anyhow, I had trouble pacing Sasha through 5:00 pace and at 400 we were at 1:18. We followed this up with a 1:14 and a 1:16, so we were only 3 seconds back at .75 miles. Sasha then started to loose it and we went through the next 400 in 1:21 for a 5:09 mile. After this we did the next mile in 5:44 followed by a 5:38 including a turn-around. Our last 2 miles were a 5:38 and a 5:34. The last half mile I had Sasha slap my hand a couple of times as he was struggling to maintain pace and we went through the last 2 quarters in 1:23 and 1:21 for a total time of 27:43 for 5 miles. The whole workout felt odd. The 5:44 mile felt almost as hard as the 5:09, and I wasn't feeling too good later on, when an average pace in the 5:30's should have felt relatively easy for me. After finishing we cooled down, and finished at Sasha's house for a total time of 1:31:35 for approximately 12.1 miles. I was feeling light headed after we got to Sasha's house, so I went inside and got some water before going home.
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