Somedays I get really excited about an upcoming workout.  I can’t say that about this one. The thought of spending 40 minutes on the treadmill seemed daunting throughout the day. However, that was not the case once I started. 

After heading home from work, I didn’t waste any time getting to the gym and hitting the start button. The first three minutes or so I had a very sharp discomfort in my right sesamoid. After that, it’s like it was never there. I’ve been using my orthotics at work and on runs since our discussion in California. 

I trotted the first 8 minutes at 5.5mph (11:00 min mile), and increased the speed to 7.5mph (8:00 min mile) on the 4% grade incline, then returned to 5.5mph on the recovery. The final 8 minutes were set around 6.5mph, then I ran the final minute at 8.5mph.

After reviewing the details of the run on TrainingPeaks, I realized there were effort zones based on speed. Is that what I should have done? I instead increased the incline speed enough so that I’d be in HR zone 3.