Too Hot to Cutdown

Time: 79:16
Distance: 12.58 miles

W/u: 17:44 for 2.26 miles
W/o: 43:31 for 8.01 miles (5:26 avg.)
C/d: 18:02 for 2.31 miles

Meagan and I were on the roads early this morning in order to squeeze in a workout. She was doing a fartlek effort of her own while I was going to run an 8-mile cutdown of sorts. A few weeks prior, Scotty and I did this workout to great success, but today it wasn't going to happen. I can toss out a dozen excuses for why I didn't run well today like, the added wind, the increased humidity, the 80 degree temperature and that I was running solo, but I'll try to stay positive for the rest of the post.

Workout: 8 mile cutdown from 5:25 to 5:05
Splits: 5:30, 5:26, 5:21, 5:23, 5:25, 5:34, 5:30, 5:19 for 43:31.

The workout went well for the first 3-4 miles and then I got hot, missed a bottle and proceeded to crash and burn. I knew the effort was going to be tough but once I got hot around 4 miles I couldn't drop the pace any further. I was stuck running mid-5:20s and that's what it was going to be.