Surprisingly good run tonight. After an especially greasy cheeseburger did its thing to my digestive tract, I decided to try to run as much as my GI would let me, whatever that was. The plan was for a 13-mile progression run on the dreadmill, working my way up to GMP + 10%, which right now is about 8:20 pace, capped off by strides. Had to take one two-minute break, but otherwise no problems. Legs felt great, and I noticed as fast as I was going, my breathing was remarkably slow. The last five miles before the strides were indeed at 8:20 pace. And the strides felt pretty smooth at sub-6:30 pace. I couldn't have asked for this run to go any better -- especially not after the hour or so preceding it. | 