AM: First hard workout since my pain started last Tuesday. My coach wanted me to do it on the TM, and I hate doing workouts on the treadmill, especially intervals. The workout was supposed to be 5-6 x 1600m at 10k pace, 2:30 rest, followed by 3 x 200m. 20 min warm up/ cool down. Warmed up 19 minutes, then lots to stretching, then one minute easy. Then ramped up the tm. 5:52 on the first one. I hate intervals on a TM because you have another 10 seconds of fast after your time is up because you are pushing a button 20 times to get the pace down to rest. With 2:30 rest, I would have stopped completely then jogged a bit so its just different on a TM. After the first one I was already thinking to cut the workout to four times. This should have been a cue to me to take the paces easier, but I made a novice mistake of not listening to my body. Second one 5:48. Third one was murder. At .1 mile in I am having evil voices tell me to push the stop button. It is so big and so red and right there and 5:45 is a hard pace to do. I fought the demons, I told myself I had 1,000 footstrikes to go and to get going, the first half mile was the worst. After the third interval I hit the bathroom and got back to the treadmill by 2:00, ramped up, and started into #4. I had the same strong feelings of wanting to quit, visualizing hitting the stop button, and I am ashamed to say I didn't last more than .15 miles, it was a disappointing first workout. I cried to Paul when I got home. I can't just quit in the marathon when things hurt!!!! As the day went on I was able to see the half of the glass that was full. Most importantly I had no pain. Also, I had never done this workout on the TM, so I can't compare my track workouts to this one, and I just made a mistake of trying to hit the same paces as I do on the track, instead of relaxing and going by feel. Also, a 1600 is 4 or so seconds off from a mile, and I was doing miles on the TM, so the paces I was trying to hit were even harder than I was thinking. Did I mention I hate TM workouts, especially intervals, so I should have cut myself slack to compensate for that. I am grateful to be hitting any miles sub 6:00. Also, hopefully I won't need any 5:40 miles in my marathon. If I do, I hope I don't need more than three ;) 8.87 miles total PM: 40 minutes on the elliptical, ave hr 128 (kept it around 135 once it ramped up) | 