It was pretty snowy and icy in my neighborhood this morning. I decided to play it safe and head to the gym for a treadmill run. I kind of wish I had sucked it up and braved the streets. It's so boring doing long stuff on the treadmill. I couldn't even bring myself to run one more mile to hit 60 this week instead of 59.
I decided that a workout would get me through the run a lot faster. I warmed up 2 miles and then ran 20 x 90 seconds on/off. I started at 10.0 mph and increased every two intervals. The recovery was at 8.0 mph. I finished the last one at 11.0 mph. It wasn't designed to be extremely difficult, just to get me through the run without going crazy from boredom. The last 4-5 started to get tougher. I cooled down until I hit 12, and called it good. 1:20:17 for 12 miles. About 6:41 pace.
I'm pretty happy with this week. I feel like I'm actually starting to train again. Jumping up 16 miles in one week is not how I usually increase mileage. However, I had more opportunities to run outside with friends during the nice part of the day, so it just kind of happened. Now to set some racing goals . . . I know I want to run a sea level fall marathon, but which one?
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