Day 3: Sunday, February 12th. Feeling lame after yesterday, I ambitiously tried to cover my old 8.5 mile long-interval training route. My long-interval pattern being 10 minutes easy warmup, 20 minutes hard, 5 minutes easy jog, 20 minutes hard, and 10 minutes easy to cool down. Total 65 minutes. I had to shorten the loop due to my slow speed, when I realized that the full 8.5 miles would need to include an additional 20 minutes to finish. My "hard running" interval pace was still slower than the 8-minute-mile pace of the other day, and I still hurt. At the end of the 1:05, I had covered only 6.5 miles, and walked the last half mile home.
Most importantly, I realized that my 6-inch running shorts from 6 years ago are way too short for modern running style. I inferred this from the odd laughs of passers-by, and the local teenagers I passed who said, "Dude, put some pants on!". Also a couple of catcalls from passing cars which included personal remarks about my pasty-white thighs. Definitely need to get some new running shorts. Still, I covered almost 7 miles. Not bad. After some rest (and changing into longer gym shorts) I went with my wife to an exercise class at the gym for some strength training. Ha, ha, ha! Ambition can be a good thing sometimes, but I think I fell asleep on my mat when the group started doing push-ups.
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