Happy Veterans Day! For the first time since July 14th (i.e., before the Deseret News Marathon), I completed an interval workout on the treadmill! After some stretching and a half-mile run at warm-up pace, I completed three miles of half-mile intervals (i.e., the slow halves at 9.2 miles per hour, while the fast halves at 11.2) in a time of 17:50. After the first half-mile at 5:21 pace, I was really feeling it me left hamstring and was unsure if I could continue. However, I made it through and my hamstring seemed to adjust to the speed. This workout was a great reminder that I have a long way to go until I get to where I want to be with my running. I finished up my treadmill workout by doing a half-mile cool-down at marathon pace and a 0.4-mile easy pace jog.
After I got home from work, in order to stretch out my legs from that interval workout, I jogged an even 2.0 miles around my neighborhood before calling it a day. | 