Pretty good run tonight in spite of two straight nights of poor sleep and the emotional stress of sending Tyler to college, trying to get him situated and get his books bought, etc., and signing to rent a new house. Very nice one, in a good area for running, I think. There's a park next door with a trail, plus rolling hills in the neighborhood. I've already mapped out a 4.5 mile loop in the area. Anyway, in spite of dragging through work today, guilt got me after missing two of the last three days, and I went to do a fartlek run on the dreadmill. Warmed up for 2 at 9:15 pace, then started running one-minute surges, with the first one at just about 7:00 pace and the 10th one at 6:15, with three minutes in between at increasingly faster "recovery" speeds, then finished the 8 miler at GMP for the last mile and change. Finished in exactly 66:00, or 8:15 average, but at least a third of the run was at GMP or faster, and the last six miles averaged GMP. | 