Oh What A Beautiful Morning!

The alarm went off at the usual Thursday time of 4:20am. You know how sometimes you can just tell that its going to be a beautiful day? Well, I could tell immediately. Had my esspresso and took care of the pre-workout business then headed downtown for the Team Rogue workout. Everything we do this week is in preparation for Sunday's Soul Buster II. Today was Ruth's Ladder on the Eastside track. The neighborhood was just waking up as we cruised over to the track. Everyone had a smile for us as we passed. The sky was just beginning to lighten up as we arrived at the track, so we all took a moment to just revel in the beauty of it all. Then the workout started. 600 with 400 recovery, 400 with 200 recovery, 300 with 100 recovery, 200 all at 5K pace. Repeated 2 more times then cruise back to Rogue. None of us even paid attention to the watch splits choosing instead to enjoy each other's company and run based on effort. It was just such a wonderful time out on the track with my friends that all my splits were a bit slow but I'm not going to stress over it. There will always be another workout to focus on the paces.