Lunch - 6.5 mile progressive run on the treadmill. First 1/2 mile warmup at 8:00 pace, then the next 1.5 miles at 7:30 pace. Then began the progressive tempo run. 1 mile at 7:00 pace, 1 mile at 6:40 pace, 1 mile at 6:20 pace and 1 mile at 6:00 pace, then the last 1/2 mile at 5:40 pace. Cooled down to finish. It felt good to stretch my legs again, and I feel that as the weight is slowly coming off (and also being redistributed) it is becoming easier to run faster (very good thing). Unless the weather is extremely bad for the 5K in two weeks, I am feeling very hopeful for not only a PR, but to break 18:00. |