AM: 19 miles with a very large group in St. Pete. Started early with Anthony and Daniel and we went quite slow, not surprisingly- 7:50 average. Sore, but not bad today. I appreciated the support from the group today about our runs yesterday.
I also discussed what happened in miles 2 and 3 with Drew and that put me at east a bit. He mentioned how- as long as you can recover- running a quick mile or two at the beginning won't derail you, but might actually reset your pacing, making it easier to "slow down" in the following miles. I suppose I felt exactly that but couldn't put it into words yesterday. It was as if I was getting a break by running 5:30s. Still, what a weird race yesterday and I don't think I'd like to make that a habit.
PM: ~5 miles then the gym- arms, back, squats, dynamic stretching.
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