Lunch - hard workout today (relatively speaking). 4 miles on the treadmill. Warmed up 1/2 mile working up to 8:00 pace, then got into the workout. Originally intended on running 4 miles at 6:20 pace, then cooling down, but realized fairly quickly that was not going to work. After 2 miles at 6:20 pace, I slowed down again to 8:30 pace for 1/2 mile, then another 0.75 miles at 6:20 pace again, then cooled down. Today made me realize that I have definitely lost some fitness from my lack of training this past month (or two), but that is motivating to me to do better this coming year. It looks like I will be running Del Sol this year, so I want to make sure I am both healthy and in good shape for that, and I will probably make another bid for sub-3:00 at St. George this coming year, assuming I get in. We will see.
PM - ran 1.5 miles with Samuel and Sparky, just under 11:00 pace. |