Intervals

I made it out for some nice treadmill intervals last night. Warm up, 5 x 800, 90 second rest, cool down. run was 4 miles total. The cool part was that I increased the speed with each run. Half a mile each at 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 mph speeds. Considering my typical treadmill sessions are like 8 miles at 6.3 speed, getting in a half a mile at 7.5 is a real treat. That's a flat 8 minute pace for you non-treadmill junkies. The whole thing took just over 41 minutes and burned 586 calories. Freaking great workout! I needed it too. I hadn't left the house since we got back from the beach on sunday, and was getting a little stir crazy.

I do have a new pain to deal with. I actually think it's related to my neck, so a trip to the chiro might be in order. But walking back from the boat to the car after fishing on saturday I noticed a pain in my foot. It has since gotten worse, but felt ok during the run last night. It's a fairly shooting pain that runs from the ankle in two directions. One shot goes out to the third toe, and the other shot goes out to the outside edge of the foot. I have no idea where this is sourced, but it also seems like the arch in that foot is a little lower than in the right foot. I bet the chiro can fix it, but there's no time to get out there this week. You guys got any ideas?

Also, tonight starts Passover if you celebrate the Jewish holidays. We're a Christian family, but I do love a good Seder. It's still Old Testament. Shabat Shalom!