6 recovery (8:42, 8:33, 8:45, 8:58, 8:40, 8:40) Another one of my team mates sadly went the way of the dreaded stress fracture :-( I remember on day one looking around at the 50+ people and wondered if I belonged?? Fast forward nearing the end of August now and the field has been pretty much reduced in half. Stress fractures, surgeries, IT issues, demotions, voluntarily pull backs to orange team and even a move to the west coast has occurred for this team. I think in order to successfully operate on this team you have to be in constant adaptation mode. That means listening to your body and adjusting workouts accordingly. You CANNOT be afraid to shut it down and turn a tempo'd run into a recovery run. If your body isnt feeling it then forcing it is the worst thing in the world. For the most part.. im almost always running in the back of the pack but thats ok.. I know the race cant be won this early on in training but it surely can be lost. If you let your ego get the best of you then rest assured your chances of getting injured sky rocket. One of the sub 3 guys (who routinely runs 8+ minute miles) summed it the best in saying "There sure are a lot of hero's in July and August on this team". Im not sure if im the slowest on the team or not?? Frankly.. I dont really care.. I do know that im putting in some high quality work and im still standing and feeling pretty damn good. I think that answers my question from day 1. I do belong.
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