Finally, a day where I am not having significant pain. Legs felt pretty good to warm-up on, but I wanted to be cautiously optimistic about finishing the workout today. The plan was to run 2 x 3 mile with a 5 minute recovery jog between sets. We met at Liberty Park, a nice pancake flat course. I wanted to run conservative so I did not die during the second part of the set. I figured anything below 6 minute pace would be ok for the day. I ran the first lap with Taha who then opened about a 10 second gap on me during the second lap. I felt good through all 3 miles, not completely spent, averaged about 5:50, okay! I felt like I recovered well and took off on the second set, Taha immediately opened a gap and extended it throughout. I came through the first mile in 5:44, felt ok, missed the second mile split, but finished feeling a bit more spent. I struggled a little in the last half mile, but I am happy to have finished a set. My splits were only 3 seconds off between the two sets, I feel good about that too. I have ART session #3 tomorrow, hopefully I will continue to see some improvement. | 