3 x 3 mile on treadmill. New apt has a few of the Freemotion i7.9, which are pretty awesome. They go anywhere from -3.0 to 30.0 on decline/incline, and up to 12mph, with a touch screen, and get up to full speed within a couple seconds, which is nice. My only complaint is that the treadmill doesn't go above 9.0 mph on a decline, which seems silly. I'd love to be able to do a few runs at -1% just to get used to the average of St George, but not being able to go faster than 6:40 makes the decline setting worthless.
Anyway, as for the workout, I felt aerobically insane. 17:03, 16:49, 16:39 at 0%, as usual, to match effort with pace I'd run for tempo at sea level, thanks to lack of wind resistance (ie, like a 10-11 mph tailwind). Didn't have a watch and there was no clock, so I couldn't count rest, but it was probably about 3 minutes. Faster than I have ever done this workout. I could tell that my legs were absolutely flying and they were consequently considerably more sore than they normally are after a tempo workout, but I just felt like an aerobic monster. Really awesome. I need to spend more time up at 19,341' above sea level.
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