I am still battling this dog called a cold. So I decided it would be best to stay out of the cold and rain today. It was a tough call. Today is our regular club run and these guys in the club keep me honest. Sure I could find some blond babe to run with that would be better company, but I run to race, and so do these guys. I ran 9.5 miles on the treadmill at the gym. Boring as a turtle on a hot summer day. To keep my interest, I kept myself up to race pace 6:13 min miles for the first 6 miles. Then slowed it down on incline to 7:00 min miles the last two. Then cranked it up a notch 5:00 min mile pace the last mile. With my sweat flying off my body like a rabid dog, People around me begin to notice and anxiously anticipate me flying off the back of the treadmill and eating wall. Someday they may get that show, but today is not that day. |