99 degrees today with heat index nearing 110. Unfortunately its a dreadmill work-out. Actually, it was good that I went this route, gave me some confidence going into Saturday's 10k. Did a progressive 8 miler today starting at 8:00 pace and dropping the pace by 15 seconds every mile. Splits: 8:00, 7:45, 7:30, 7:15 (stopped to get a drink of water and a towel, sweat was beginning to fly off me), 7:00, 6:45, 6:30, 6:15 ... .5 mile cool down @ 8:30 pace. Good workout, I felt I could have gone another mile at 6:00 and possibly 1 at 5:45, but I'm not sure about that one. |