Been slacking on timed runs since I won the last 5k
And unfortunately cardio (vo2max) degrades faster than muscle when not pushed
So this feels like a pace I can maintain indefinitely, but unfortunately is 20s/min slower than my recent best 5mi, and a full min/mile slower than my last race 5k
I have about a month and a half to whittle this down, and expand the distance to 8ish miles, maybe 10. I don’t ever need to train the full half-m, the adrenaline of the race usually carries me the last 1/4ish
Anytime I lose ground in fitness, I feel the Linkin Park song playing in my head….it feels so hard to build, and so goddamn easy to lose
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=