Before I get to my run comments, I have a request for Toronto drivers:
Please stop trying to hit me
Seriously, what have I done to hurt you?
Last week I was a couple of yards from being taken out by an idiot who pulled out of a parking lot off Avenue Road, across the sidewalk, without slowing down.
Last night I was about 6 inches from being hit by another lovely person who turned right on a red light without slowing down... and then seemed to think it was my fault for her nearly hitting me.
Caralin thinks I should start running with a key in my hand, and key any car that comes close to smoking me. Personally I think that's a bit extreme, but seriously people...
The rules of the road aren't optional
Ok, rant over.
For some reason, I felt like doing some speed work yesterday.
Don't ask me why.
I did the 8 miler on Sunday and my legs weren't 100%, but I couldn't stomach the idea of doing a long run at one pace.
So, I came up with a 16km route with 6 x 430m intervals in the middle (after about 7.5km).
Again, don't ask me why. I don't have an answer for you.
What I didn't realize was that the interval streets were on a hill.
Ouch.
Given how tired my legs were, my intervals weren't too bad. Especially as I limited recovery to 40 seconds:
- 410m - 1:32 - downhill
- 430m - 1:46 - uphill
- 430m - 1:39 - downhill
- 430m - 1:45 - uphill
- 430m - 1:37 - downhill
- 430m - 1:49 - uphill
I was not pretty after the last one. Ok, I wasn't pretty to start with, but I was sweaty and not pretty after the last one.
The rest of the run was pretty slow, partly because of the conditions, partly because of the frequent red traffic lights and partly because I was exhausted.
For the record I ran again today, but I ran on a treadmill at the gym so there isn't much to say. 30 minutes, 7.25km.
- 10 minutes at 8.8 miles/hr (14.15km/hr)
- 10 minutes at 9 miles/hr (14.47km/hr)
- 5 minutes at 9.3 miles/hr (14.95km/hr)
- 5 minutes at 9.6 miles/hr (15.44km/hr)
- About 30 minutes sweating my ass off afterwards (0km/hr)
Nice.
2 comments:
I hate stupid drivers, too. My favorite are the people that turn right at a stop sign without looking to the right to see if anyone is coming on the sidewalk. I've learned to run behind rather than in front of cars who are stopped at stop signs, and if I do cross in front of them, I try to make eye contact with the driver first.
Don't trust drivers. I try to stay away from traffic but it's inevitable. I sometimes wish I carried a baseball bat.. okay, only wish..
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