Fartlek tonight, in the rain. Didn't figure tomorrow morning would be any better weatherwise, so decided to get it over with tonight, and as it turned out, rain slacked off and I was able to ditch the rain jacket for most of the run. Main issues were a loose, loudly barking dog that seemed to chase me every other lap, and one nagging toenail (already black, probably soon absent). I meant to run eight two-minute surges, ended up running nine (lost count, I guess), but pace was remarkably consistent, if a little faster than I had intended. By the Garmin, I ran either 0.27 or 0.28 miles on every single surge, mostly 0.28, and pace ranged from 7:08 to 7:24. It was dark and I couldn't see the pace on the Garmin, so it was pretty much by feel. I would have wanted to run about 7:25 if I'd set the workout feature to tell me how fast to run, but a little quicker than that didn't seem to be a problem. Told my wife I'd be gone an hour and a half; I was back nine minutes early. | 