9 the hard way

We have had quite a bit of snow in the last week making training outside miserable. I missed my 2 easy runs last week, but I feel I made up for that today. Too much snow to do my 10 mile run outdoors so I moved inside for one heck of a workout. I get very creative with my workouts when I run indoors. I can't easily disappear into the zen of the run surrounded by other people and running on a machine. This progressive workout helps me deal with efficiently processing lactic acid and becoming more gritty when I am tired. I should name this beast sometime. After a 9 minute mile warm up I turned up the heat and progressively ran The next 4 miles in 7:53, 7:47, 7:37 and 7:22. From here I took a 5 minute break to stretch and hydrate and then moved on to a 2 miler at 7:18 and 7:07 pace. Took another break Then did a mile @ 6:47 pace. I finished the workout with 4x400 meter repeats @ 5:55 pace with 1 minute rest between them. A very satisfying run indeed. Got in some good mileage but also was able to make a strong workout out of it. up 1 mile 4 miles progressive 5 min between 2 miles half marathon pace 5 minutes between 1 mile between 10k and half pace 5 minutes between 4x400 @ 5:55 w 1 minute rest between cool down