First Treadmill Long Run of the Season

Throughout November and early December, I had 3 treadmill runs on icy/snowy mornings. But last week was my first LONG run on the treadmill.

I did a version of my "normal" workout: 2.5 miles easy, 6 miles harder (getting faster every half mile), and then a few miles of cool-down. I started my harder miles at 9.1 mph and worked my way up to 10.2 mph through 6 miles. But then I added an extra half mile at 10.3 and up to 10.4 for the final few tenths. So I did 6.5 miles in the middle in 40:13. Here were my half-mile splits as I sped up:

3:18, 3:15, 3:14, 3:10, 3:09, 3:07, 3:05, 3:03, 3:02, 2:58, 2:58, 2:56, 2:53

= 40:13 for 6.5 miles (6:11.23/mile)

After 2.6 miles of running easier, here's what the treadmill looked like when I finished 11.6 miles:

The "cliff" on the left was the rest of the "hard" miles, and then the majority of that graph is 7.x or 8.x mph. And my Garmin data from treadmill runs is always funny: it doesn't do a GREAT job finding my pace, but you can see my "pace" through my heart rate:

All the quick dips in pace are from wiping my face with my shirt - I don't STOP, but my arm stops swinging, so it thinks I'm not running. But that bigger dip near the end was from when I jumped off to run upstairs to tell my boys something for a few seconds.

Hoping to be back outside this week after 5 inches of snow later last week! I think the paths should be clear by now.