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It was cooler this morning, probably the best morning in over a week for running. Nice and cool, low humidity, and sun. Awesome.
I did a fartlek (hahahaha--such juvenile humor, and yet: I would never say that word in public) this morning that went 1-2-3-2-1; with each number representing minutes of fast-paced no-holds-barred running, followed by an equal number of minutes of calmer, more stately running.
It was awesome, right up until the part where I had to do 2 minutes of sprint-type running.
I did it with a stop watch / heart-rate monitor I got from an old boyfriend as a birthday present (big romantic he was). Its this massive clunky thing that I don't like wearing much, but my usual running watch has decided its time for a summer vacation. So I wore it and re-set for each of the intervals, which was kind of a pain in the ass--given that at the same time I am jabbing at the little buttons I am also running along the side of a moderately busy road.
All in all though, I like interval training, its nice and mostly fun, I recovered fairly quickly after each burst, though the three minute all-out was an uncomfortable wake-up call as far as my level of fitness I think.

To add excitement to awesomness, this is my last day of work for the week! And tomorrow I have an interview at the place I'd like to work! And then I'm hanging out with the little sis for the weekend! Given that she is a freakazoid when it comes to running, undoubtedly we will be doing a lot of that wherever it is we end up being(and she left me two long rambling answering machine messages yesterday about how she wasn't sure where she wanted to go. And now she is camping and unable to phone, so we're just going to wing it on Friday).