I had to be near my phone today but still needed to get my miles in, so I ran the 10k program on the treadmills at work at 5:30pm. The last time I ran it was in March 2010, I think, and my PR for the program was 57:43 from July 2009. Today, I ran it in 51:34 which is a huge PR...and I even walked twice for about 15 secs. :-)
I don't enjoy running on the treadmill since it always feels like I'm running faster/harder than the speed/pace shows. I tried to maintain about a 8:00 pace throughout, including the hills, but was averaging more around an 8:20 or so. The final 1k I decided to push it and finish strong. The profile for the last 1k is 1% (.2k), 2% (.4k), 4% (.2k), 0% (.2k). I went into this 1k at 8:00, increased to 7:30 for the 4%, then finished the last .2k at 6:53. I was pretty tired after this run (mentally and physically) but recovered pretty quickly.
I couldn't understand why I could run a 50:00 10k in a race but
couldn't come closer than 57:00 on the TM. Most people say the TM is
(physically) easier since you're just moving your legs not really
pushing the ground since it's moving anyways, but mentally harder since you don't have the visual stimulation like when running outside. Most of the time, the fans are on the TMs, but today I guess I picked a bad spot since I felt no breeze! I was sweating like crazy. Good run and I'm glad I got the miles in. We hit the drive-in to see Marmaduke and Iron Man 2. I figured I'd sleep through Marmaduke and watch Iron Man, but I ended up watching Marmaduke. It's actually quite entertaining (with the exception of the animated dance at the end). I'd seen Iron Man 2 before, but that's a great show and I enjoyed it just as much the second time around. Then came home and crashed. :-)
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