Very pleased with this run. Started out as just a boring treadmill GA at 9:22 pace: I wasn't even sure if I was going to run four miles or eight. But I decided to throw in some fartlek -- MP, then some faster surges, then back to MP for the final mile. Handled it very well, even a 200-meter segment at 6:00 pace, which is probably darn near all-out for me right now, and obviously it became an eight-miler. So, with all those surges, the average pace wound up at 8:52. And max HR was 157, with average HR in the low 140s (didn't exactly start and stop the Garmin at the right times, so the average may be a little off). But it was a good workout going into the mini-taper for the 5K. Thank goodness for the TM. It's been either 100 degrees or very close to it for the past five or six days, and it's not cooling off any time soon. I still sweat profusely on the TM, but heatstroke is not an issue. | 