8 mile tempo run on treadmill with 1% incline. 1 mile easy, 2x3 miles @ 6:48 (8.8mph), 1 mile easy. Had 90 calories of gu shot block things about an hour beforehand; I feel very carb depleted in morning workouts, versus evenings.
Oh my holy aunt, this was a tough workout.
I prefer to run tempos outside so I can get a true feel for what the pace is like, but I don't know how runnable my usual routes are (some were underwater after Sandy). In some ways I can get a better run on the treadmill because the pace is consistent (I can more easily slow down outside) and the psychological challenge is greater, so I feel like I am building mental strength. But in all, I think treadmills are still easier. So while I would usually run my tempo at slower than goal pace, I decided to up the pace a tad to counteract the "treadmill effect". Breathing was pretty easy (I get less out-of-breath as my body warms up) but I could definitely feel the legs getting tired, and the last mile of both intervals were really tough. Really happy to have completed this workout. It has been looming on my plan for weeks, and I was actually kind of terrified of doing it. But as usual, it wasnt nearly that bad, and I am excited to see how far I can go outdoors on next weeks tempo.
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