Steve - 5.98

800 in 2:28:38 (70, 78)

I did about a mile warmup and 10 or so striders. I wanted to warm up a bit more but I was trying to find someone to rabbit the second lap of my 800. The group was doing 400s, so I was trying to find someone to wait for me to come through for my second lap and then run a low 70s 400. Finally I came up with having a guy(who was running low 80s) start his 400 when I was about 50 meters away. I hit the first 200 in about 34 and was feeling pretty good. Second 200 didn't feel too bad. Hit the first 400 in 69 high/70 low. Once I hit the turn around the 500m point, I started feeling it pretty bad. I just tried to do all I could to catch up with my friend. I didn't look at my watch at the 600 point cuz I knew I was fading bad. I just tried to do whatever I could to catch him. I almost caught him at the end but it was because he went too slow. Final 400 was 78, but it felt like I was barely moving. After a full recovery, I did a 1200, 1600, and 1000 (which was supposed to be another 1200, but I felt horrible and cut it short). I was able to run well in the 1200 and the 1600, but the final 1000 was awful.

1 mi wup ~9min
800m in 2:28 (70, 78)
1200 (4:45), 1600 (6:33), 1000 (4:21)
1mi recovery laps
1.1 mi barefoot cd in 9:37