Tonight I ran on the treadmill for 50 minutes. The training plan called for one hour of running with 4-6 surges of 30-60 seconds each: a fartlek workout, I guess. I did four surges for one minute each at 8:19 pace, and the rest of the time I ran at a 9:05 pace. I started getting tired after about 42 minutes, but I held out until 50 minutes, and then I was DONE! There was no way I was doing the last 10 minutes. My heart was racing, and it took over 10 minutes to get back down to 120, which worried me a little. I ate normally today, but I probably didn't have enough carbs with lunch. And I had a stressful day at work (seems to be the norm these days!).
My husband is in Texas, and he had quite the obstacles to running tonight! It was super hot and humid, so he opted to run on the treadmill inside the hotel, but when he got to the fitness center, it was empty! (it was fine last night). So he decided to run outside anyway. He tried to get water, and the hotel was out (!), so he took some money on his run so he could stop at a gas station. He forgot his watch, so he took his cell phone with him to keep time! But he ran for an hour, hills and all!
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