Not a bad start to a new month. Today called for intervals. 2 X 1600 with 800 meter recovery jog in between. Did a two mile warm up and then loaded up the Garmin with the interval workout. Goal was to run 6:34 intervals. First mile came in at 6:27 and felt pretty good until right at the end when my breathing started to labor a bit. The second was a little more in line with what I was shooting for at 6:33 and I also was laboring at the end. I seem to do okay for the first three quarters of these intervals but then I seem to go into anerobic mode and have a hard time calming my breathing. Hopefully this will improve as Wednesdays will either be tempos or 1600 intervals for the next several weeks. Other than sucking air, everything else felt surprisingly good today, no real aches or pains to complain about. I think faster running really gets the endorphins kicking in and helps to manage the pain a little better. I will probably feel it later today or during tomorrows run. The 800 meter recovery jogs were at about an 8:15 pace which seemed very slow in relation. I then did a 1 mile cool down. I don't know if I can call it a cool down as it was 86 degrees this morning.
Time: 0:46:09 7:41/mile | 