Nice 5 miles this morning in the Desert Reserve. Was able to make a couple phone calls while on my run. I felt pretty efficient. I'm planning on doing some mile repeats tonight. If anybody is interested let me know. Ran mile repeats with Clyde at Worthen Park. Small warm-up then started the intervals. I think I should have warmed-up a bit more. 1. 5:21 - Felt pretty good the first 1/2 then going up the hill on the 2nd 1/2 I felt my lungs start to burn. After 1/4 cool down HR was 27 for 10 sec. I didn't start until it was down to 21 so it took a little while. By the time I was down to 21 Clyde was at 16. 2. 5:58 - At 1/4 my trap door was letting loose and I was having a hard time keeping the latch shut. My body just isn't used to being pushed like this. Pretty disappointed. After going to the bathroom and running 1/4 cool down my HR still at 26. Waited a little longer and it only went down to 24, Clyde was at 16. So I told Clyde to go ahead an I'd catch him on the second 1/2. 3. 800M - 2:37 Felt OK, I would of had a hard time pushing that on a mile. Clyde passed me the last 50M. My legs just wouldn't turn over. Intervals suck, but they serve a great purpose. I'm looking forward to tracking my improvements. Last track season I took my nephew and helped him with some intervals on the same loop at Worthen Park. I would have him do 4 with a 600M cool down, and he would pump out 5:12, 5:15, 5:17, 5:12. | 