Tempo run this morning on Kohler's loop. I got to bed a little earlier last night and it seemed to make a difference. It's kind of amazing that I almost always wake up at 5:14, about one minute before my alarm is set to go off. I just wonder what part of my unconscious brain has the task of monitoring my internal clock and waking me up at exactly the right time. I know that chemical processes in my body happen at precise intervals, but what is that tracks a particular process and correlates that to external, mechanical clocks. I'm also amazed that I can generally think of a time before going to bed and that most of the time I'll wake up just at the time I was thinking about.
I usually think about things like that on my morning runs. I guess that running the same course most days (and not paying too much attention to the scenery) gives me more of a chance to think. Sometimes I'm hardly aware of the fact that I'm even running.
Warmed up this morning for 2.5 miles and then pushed the pace up past my lactate threshold and held it there for another 4.0 (average pace 7:23). Cooled down for little more than half a mile. Overall average was 8:02. | 