Was planning on doing two-mile intervals around the track, but I had another final today, and dusk was approaching when I finally left the confines of Sullivan Hall. Seattle's been in a bit of a cold spot as of late, and while it wouldn't be an unseasonably chilly set of temperatures for much of the rest of the country, my spoiled sea-side bones have had trouble adjusting to the oncoming Winter. So the treadmill it was, where I decided to just put in some good miles at recovery and be done with it sooner rather than later. Set the clock for 45 minutes, and adjusted the pace as my heartrate fluctuated; goal was to be stable from 130-135, and I was able to keep this pretty consistently until the last half mile, where didn't want to slow down. Had a good chat with the guy next to me in the gym about our collegiate sport exploits (he played b-ball, I rowed), and enjoyed myself as much as possible on the treadmill. Watch read 5.67 miles at completion (via foot pod). Did a 5 minute spin cool-down, and hit the showers. Was able to go out to dinner with the family (bro/gf, sis, mom and dad) to celebrate Mom's birthday. Costas Opa in Fremont has tremendous Greek food, with huge serving sizes; I've got enough for lunch tomorrow! Can't wait to get done with finals, so I can properly focus on setting training up. Tomorrow I'm going to make up my missed track date for today, so that should be good times! Love going faster.
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