It’s a song by Aussie band Midnight Oil. It’s great for fartlek workouts. Starts off slow, picks up speed, then just rocks. I was still going a touch uphill when it came up. It got me going a lot faster just knowing it was going to speed up. But it was over before I really got going downhill, so I took some time to unlock my phone, go back, and put the slider about half way through. I was kind of dying when it ended the second time.

I also had issues unlocking my phone at the 3.0 and 3.12 marks. So my time should have been faster. That said:

• 3.12 miles
• 38:06
  • 1:17 shaved off of Monday’s run
  • 37:56 was my 5K time (there’s that difficulty unlocking my phone in the dark with my pin)
• Best pace 5’47” during the last 0.1 mile

After a post-run stretch and a little snack (frozen grapes, havarti, chunky peanut butter and crackers) I went to the gym for strength training. I planned to do a fairly complete upper body workout. (Most people have to be told to not skip leg day; for me it’s the reverse.) But after the torso twists, with a max load of 200 lbs., and the rowing and lat pull downs, I was feeling pretty beat, so I headed to the sauna.

I think for my next run, I’m going to do the same course as these past three, and try to push myself to a sub-35 5K.