Training in Montana

1 warmup mile starting at 6 mph and 2% for 1/2 mile, then 6.5 for a bit then 7.0 until 1 mile. Dropped incline to 1% and set at 8.1 mph for the marathon pace run. Set it and forget it.

After my hill workout on Wednesday my legs were tired and consequently I was tired. Yesterday I was exhausted at the end of the day even though I slept in and didn't exercise. Last night I got to sleep at 10:30 which would give me 7 hours and that's what I need. Normally I sleep really well and roll over to look at the clock within an hour before the alarm. Last night I rolled over, looked at the alarm and it was 12:45 am. What the???? Way too early. I must've rolled over and looked at the clock 5-6 times more, each 45 minutes, then finally it was time and I got out of bed a few minutes before 5:30. Oddly enough I felt rested and ready to go. Hit the home treadmill by 5:50 which gave me just enough time to be done when the family wakes up at 7.

So I'm feeling rested and running along at marathon pace and I'm wondering when this will end. My legs felt fine, but this is a hard enough effort for me to not enjoy it in the beginning miles. I looked at the saved DVR movies and turned on the recent Clash of the Titans. Pretty good flick with enough action to take my mind off fast miles. For me, when I'm on the treadmill I really look forward to the 1/2 way point. Once I get to 1/2 way then the rest seems to cruise along. The same was true today. I made it through the hour of fast running and my legs weren't the worse for wear and neither was my body. I sweated profusely but other than that no ill effects. Eggscellent.