Due to rain, I was back on the treadmill yesterday. I wanted a hard workout, so I set up my hill interval routine (see Day 40). One thing about this particular pattern is that if I am too ambitious or not having a great day, there is no hiding from it. By the time I realize I can't finish at the speed I set, it is usually too late to just back off a little. It is complete crash and burn, and that is what happened.
Last time I had no trouble at 5.2 mph, so I warmed up and then ambitiously set the pace at 5.4 going into the interval set. I don't know if I am still not quite recovered from blood donation, or just was not in top form, but halfway through the short 10% climbs I had to drop to 5.0, and at the last 8.0% mile I had to cut it again to 4.3 - a plodding 14-minute/mile pace - and even there I barely made it to the end. 91 minutes to complete the workout today. Going to take an easy day tomorrow - and hope the rain stops at some point.
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