Terrible workout this morning! Yoga first (which was not terrible), then I planned to hit the trail right from there, since the trail near the yoga studio is relatively flat and therefore appropriate for the 4X4 minute threshold intervals I was supposed to do. A few things went wrong with this run: 1. No fuel. Yoga starts at 7, ends at 8:30. No breakfast, and I should have had a gel or something before I ran. I'd been up since 4:30, and didn't have anything left by 8:30. 2. Not enough warm clothes. Its a rare morning here where I actually needed long tights, gloves, AND an ear warmer. 32 degrees! That's colder than I'm used to. I neglected to wear full length tights and didn't bring anything for my head, so I was cold. 3. I was able to hold my perfect form through warm up and through 2 intervals. Then my right leg/hip package seemed to just sort of fall out of alignment, and it was harder to just lift the leg from the hip with each stride. FRUSTRATING! I feel that this is what results in knee pain eventually, so I decided to stop after the two intervals and cool down back to my car. 4. Upon examining my Garmin, I found that I wasn't even holding the correct pace! My threshold pace is 8:14, and my intervals were 7:31 and 7:44. EVEN MORE FRUSTRATING! This whole experience did not even feel like a run. I mean, I don't even feel like I got any exercise at all. I'll be back when I have something nice to say. PM Update: Nice 5 easy miles in the park in the dark with friends and new shoes. Better now.
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