Hard workout day. I haven't been at 100% this week dealing with achey/stiff neck and upper back. Not sure if it's virus related or if I've just have skeletal/disk issue in that area. So wasn't sure what to expect for the planned workout - 3 x 1.5 mile repeats with .5 active rest/recovery in between each one. Thankfully Kim had good motivation and attitude to help me get over my low motivation to do anything hard today. Overcast and light snowy weather wasn't helping much either, but after a mile warmup jog with Kim I was feeling pretty good. We parted ways at that point and I finished my warmup with another mile slow easy running and some strides. Did the 1.5 m repeats on the same stretch of road I've been doing most of these types of workouts lately that has net downhill and sometimes a tailwind. Not much wind at all today but I felt OK. Not super but OK and I was OK with that for today. Wimped out a little on the last repeat but stayed within the goal pace range of 6:15-6:45. Split time/pace/aveHR info below: 1 - 9:38/6:25/172 (most the downhill is during this one) 2 - 9:45/6:30/183 3 - 9:51/6:34/186 Max HR 191 | 