In League with the toast

Intervals are good for the soul.
I think I really need to be doing more of them. I ran at the indoor track here for the second time ever, and did a 1/2 mile warm up and then a mile of 2-laps-hard 1-lap-recovery intervals followed by a final half mile cool-down. It was very nice. Running in circles, a lot like running on a treadmill, can become boring very quickly if you're not careful about it. Intervals are a great way to chop up the time into manageable, measurable chunks, and they also leave you wonderfully breathless and pleasantly numb. The two-laps-fast are heart pounding and all about the push, the recovery lap is just enough, slowing down and taking stock, bringing the breathing back just enough to go fast again, to whip around the corners and speed down the straight lines. Yeah. It wasn't very far but it was good anyway, I think I might do it again tomorrow.