The heat this week is supposed to be very high so most of my work will have to be done early. I did not sleep well last night. My stomach was giving me problems and I got up at 5:15am, actually on and off from 2am. I didn't leave the house until 6:30am. Instead of driving to the track, I decided to do my warm up and and cool down on the trail to the school. It is about 1.5 miles to the Coppell North track from my house. I saw Jeff on the trail when he was leaving the track and I was headed up. Always good to see him. The intervals today were to be a series of 8x400m with a 60-90 second rest between intervals. I was to target 1:45-1:55 for each 400 which equates to a 7:00-7:40 pace per mile. I took a full fuel belt of water and a Hammer gel with me today. I picked up some Hammer gel at the bike store yesterday so this is experimental at this point. I'm still out of Honey Stingers. I took a Hammer gel before I left and a shark salt along with my regular arthritis medication. I felt surprisingly good during the intervals. I felt better for the last two or three intervals. The fourth or fifth one was a little slow and I thought I might be tiring but it turned around. I wouldn't say the last two were easy but I did take my Hammer gel after number 5. Even the recovery 1.5 miles home were pretty good. It's amazing how much faster I am on the way home after higher intensity intervals even though I feel like I'm barely moving. Strange?
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/205060291
Warm Up Mile 1: 9:48
Warm Up Mile 2: 9:27 pace (.46 miles)
#1 400: 7:12
#2 400: 7:10
#3 400: 7:02
#4 400: 6:59
#5 400: 7:14
#6 400: 6:58
#7 400: 6:58
#8 400: 6:32
Cool Down Mile 1: 9:19
Cool Down Mile 2: 8:55 pace (.47 miles)
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