Moving right along January 3rd-9th

[OakLeaf]

I waited until midday to do my intervals, 9 x 1 minute. I'm a wuss about cold, too.

I still don't really know whether sprint intervals are doing me any good. Somebody posted something from Dr. Gabe Mirkin on another message board, recommending 30-second intervals, so I figured I'd give the 1-minute intervals another chance. Thirty seconds is not even enough to start suffering! But then again, maybe that's the idea... to really get to the bottom of your lungs without worrying about where the rest of the interval might be coming from. Who knows!

Anyway, yoga yesterday did wonders loosening up my hip. I don't know what I'm doing that's making my obturator lock up, but I've got a line on a PT and hopefully will be able to get in to see him before too long. Also, finally looking at what was left in my gel flask from Tuesday (most of it) made me realize why the last few miles were such a struggle! I'll try Urlea's suggestions about cold-weather fueling and hopefully that will help.