ppm today, went alright but not quite where i wanted to be. did it on the track which was the first time in a while. felt okay on warmup and continuous, and got out in a pack of me eric josh and zamler. our first mile was 5:35, then we picked it up and ran 5:30 for the second mile. that's when i started to fall off eric and zamler a bit, but was still as 16:36 at 3 miles (5:31). the 4th mile is where it got bad for me, i was all alone and i just got super complacent. i don't even remember what i was thinking during it it was just really tough, the wind was hitting me hard and i had a ton of phlegm in my throat, that mile was 5:42 (22:18) which is not great. a good thing though is that i turned it around and didn't let the workout get any worse from there, and i grinded out a 5:35, finishing like 100m behind eric and even further behind josh. they both looked super smooth and had great workouts today. i wanted to be closer to them and be lower in the 5:30s, but overall this was just a really tough day for me and I'm glad I got it done. you're not gonna feel super smooth and amazing every day, so when that happens it's just about grinding through that hell as hard as you can, because you're still gonna get a lot of benefit from it. something i need to focus on is staying locked in all the way through a workout/race. cooled down a mile alone after then stretched and did floor core. good day.