Intervals on the dreadmill at Harbortown today. I was going by there to sign my new lease, so thought I'd kill two birds and get a workout in. Bad move. Until that place gets some kind of fan, or I bring my own, horrible place to run. Turned the AC on at 60 degrees, no help; still felt like I was running in a sauna. And the weather outside was not bad -- below freezing, but sunny and little wind. Running in track pants at SHS would have been fine. Note for next time... Also did a little upper body work, just to say I did, a few butterflys.
Anyway, the plan was 6 X 800 at 5K pace with 400 jog intervals, warm up/cool down 1.5 miles, total of 7.25. Pulled it off, except most of my intervals were walked. I chalk that up to the lack of air flow in that room. I was frankly surprised at how well my legs handled it. I'm having more discomfort now sitting here than I did running. Cardiovascular discomfort, and heat stress, yeah. But the legs handled it OK. My 5K pace is what I would like it to be, about 6:58. I probably would have done that if Iron Pig had actually been 5K instead of 2.76 (I averaged 6:50 for the 2.76). But it wasn't. | 