Run Derneld, Run!

Nursing a weakened ankle, but I think it is getting better now. Saturday was definitely overtraining, but I think it could've been a lot worse. 4 miles at work, 4.5 at home after work, both on treadmill.

5.28 miles outside at work. It was nice to go outside, but still so cold and windy out in the flat flat desert. 6x30 second strides.

4.5 miles on treadmill at home after work.

Hamster wheel at work (called "The Curve")

4.88 miles outside on the hill. I've been missing that almost daily climb.

90 minutes easy on the treadmill early in the AM

This was a weird morning...

Hopped on the treadmill in the apartment clubhouse around 5am to start a 15 mile marathon pace workout. Did a 1 mile warmup at 8:34/mi and then locked in at 7:42/mi. About 50 minutes in, the building fire alarm started buzzing, so I grudgingly paused my workout. I could've transitioned to my warm clothes faster, but I figured I would check the mail by the clubhouse and maybe the alarm would turn off by then. It took about 7-8 minutes from turning off the treadmill to get out on the road in warm clothes to restart my workout. Outside I maintained a pace around 7:49 very consistently, which I think equates fairly well to 7:42 on the tready, considering also some of the obstacles faced outside. I finished with a 0.2 mile kick at the end, which was exciting and felt really good.    I ended up doing more like 15.6 at marathon pace, but I did get that fire alarm break in the middle. 

The fire alarm was so random. I'm about 99% certain that I was the only person in the building. The building is still there and as far as I can tell the office is open today. I swear I didn't pull the fire alarm...

Also 1.8 mile cooldown at the end