AM - 11.5 miles. My streak of not exercising indoors for the past decade had ended... winter decided to finally make an appearance on a day that I had mile repeats on the calendar. Normally I would be flexible w/ the workout schedule, but I needed to get this one in at least 9-10 days before the 15K. So I drove out to the Olympic Oval this morning. It was my first time there - quite a facility! I justified running in the perfect indoor conditions as good training for racing in perfect conditions in Arizona next weekend. Workout was 6 x 1600m in 4:56. Reps - 4:56.5, 4:56.4, 4:55.7, 4:56.2, 4:55.9, 4:56.2. Nice and consistent. Kept the recovery to ~1:50 of walking/light jogging. Felt like I could have done 8 reps, but pulled the plug at 6 because I don't think I am completely recovered from Tuesday yet and wanted to play it a little conservative. The cooldown was the best part of the morning. An older guy decked out in Hansons-Brooks Distance Project gear started talking to me - turns out he is 63 years old and trying to break 3 hours for the marathon in Madrid this spring. First off - who wears Hanson's gear like regular people wear NFL/NBA team gear? Answer = people I get along with very well! :-) We ran about 3 miles together chatting about all things running. Then it took me over an hour to drive up to work from the oval. Fun. PM - 7.5 miles really easy. Groupon deal today for hot springs up near Logan - we can all head here after the TOU 1/2 marathon this summer!
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