I woke up just before 6:00 to go do an hour of intervals on the treadmill, but when I arrived at the Central City Rec Center I learned that the fitness room doesn't open until 6:30, so I went home and slept some more before going to work. After work I went back to the rec center to run for an hour. By then my motivation had changed, and since I have no structured plan, I did what I wanted to, which was a 20-minute block of tempo-ish running: -20 minutes at an 8:00 pace -20 minutes at a 6:27 pace -20 more minute at an 8:00 pace
My wife also ran with me, but not on the treadmill next to me because some weird dude with a fanny pack (it's not a lumbar pack if you wear it in front) jumped in and walked very loudly on the treadmill next to mine. Lame. Anyway, I'm still not a runner, so my legs are killing me, the blister on the bottom of my left foot is growing, and my right nipple is ever so tender. To give everything a rest, I'll do some Nordic skiing tomorrow morning. Then I'll do some treadmill intervals on Wednesday to begin my mini taper for Saturday's 5k. I have no great expectations, but I should be able to break 20 minutes, hopefully by more than a little.
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