Running In Place

27 flippin’ degrees (F/-3C)!! How long’s it been since we had that kind of hot MJ?? Plus, sunshine and very little wind to boot! The fine weather was reflected in the number of people I met out on the trail today - dog walkers, snowmobilers, and some X-country skiiers. We all greeted each other with big smiles and hearty hellos!

I did intervals for the first time today - cute little baby intervals that I was surprised to find I enjoyed. I warmed up for a little more than half a mile, then sped up for 1 minute, followed by 2 minute recovery x 4. I didn’t speed up to all out gasping and struggling, but to a faster pace that I knew I could hold steady for a minute, but maybe not much longer. For each of the 1 minute intervals I consistently traveled one tenth of a mile. When that was done I ran another mile and a quarter at a comfortable pace before I ended up back at the parking area. So, yeah, that was something a little different and kind of fun - I will definately work that into my weekly routine. I wonder, as I progress, should I increase the number of intervals or the time of each interval, or maybe kind of alternate the increases? Or should I just continue with the same time/repititions till I can do those to some undetermined higher level of fastness and then worry about increasing stuff? Such choices - who knew!

Coming next week….I plan to run up a hill.