Lima day 3. Day of sloth and indolence, runner style. Slept in past 8am. Woke up and went down to the buffet breakfast. Met up with two of Paul's colleagues who have hosted him in Hong Kong and are very kind. Had two mini tamales, two small pancakes with leche dulce (tastes alot like sweetened condensed milk), an egg white omlette, "fitness" cold cereal (close to wheaties) and an assortment of fruit. After breakfast went back to our room and I laid down and read, while Paul hacked away at his computer. I think the book I have read I have either read before, or it is so similar to a book I have read before it is boring me. It is about the rise of Catherine the Great (of Russia) and I know I have read at least one biography of this period. So this book is a real sleeper, so I took a nap. Woke up around noon, ready for my workout. Workout is 4-5x 2000m cruise intervals (5:57-6:09 pace --15.7-16.2 kph), only 30 sec rest between,then 3x200m @ 34-37 (19.5-21.2 kph). I spent some time last night converting these to kilometers/hour pace so I could do this workout on the treadmill. Its a good thing this treadmill was a good one, this workout couldn't be done on my treadmill at home, it doesn't go that fast. 6k warm up with stretching. Did the 2k cruise intervals with increasing speed 15.7, 15.8, 15.9, 16.0, 16.1. Because this is on the treadmill and it takes some time to ramp up and down the pace, the rest in between was more like 40-45, so that I could get 20 seconds of rest at an actual easy pace. between #4 and #5 I went to the bathroom, and that made that rest about 2:15. I didn't count a 2k as starting until I was at the correct pace. I then started the 200m. I don't know the exact rest time, probably about 90 sec, I just pushed stop and it gradually slowed to a stop, then I pressed start and it ramped back up to it's prior (very fast) pace. Did 19.5, 19.7, then 20.0 kph for the 200m. It was funny, when I stopped the tm for the last time, then pushed start again for my cool down, it ramped back up to 20 kph, even though I was pushing the reduce speed button, I had to go back to 20 then I could slow it down, so that should almost count as an extra 100m stride :D 5k cool down.
I just had a banana and a passionfruit (so good!). Now I am eating peanuts for the protein part of my recovery food, waiting for the water to heat up in the coffee maker so I can have an oatmeal lunch, then I'll go back to the gym for my core workout. I think the only Peruish thing we'll do today is go to the Reserva, a park with an impressive lit up water fountain display. That'll be cool. | 