THOU SHALT BE A COMEBACK

Treadmill fartlek.  I was dreading this.  Yesterday I barely squeezed anything in...today it needed to happen.  I had a 6 hour long psychotic snap in which I perused rental homes, realized my lease is up in a month and I MUST move, looked at a few dumps(ugh), dragged Vanessa everywhere, cooked macaroni, and then purged every closet and room ending up with 3 boxes, 12 trash bags, a lamp, a bike, and a fan that I hauled to the dumpster. 

I finally got on my home treadmill, grimly staring at my scenic closet door while Vanessa zoned out on Wild Kratts.  20 minute warm up, then 5 x (5x 1 min on/off) with 5 minute jogs in between, cooldown to 12.  The interevals were really only to keep my mind busy from the drudgery and not lapse into yet another psychotic snap.   

Yesterday exhaustion caught up to me and an extra hour of sleep won over a run.  Work last night wasn't terrible, so after a nice little 30 minute session of EMS crossfit at 5am at post(sandbag crunches, airway-bag stepupes, bumper decline pushups, etc...)and a cup of coffee, I chose to get my run done before going to sleep after getting Vanessa off to school.  It was 6 degrees outside and I just didn't have it in me, so hit the treddy at the East Y.  I wanted a workout and some miles, but wanted to be respectful of my fatigued body.  Ended up doing a run that sorta mimics the gear-changes that happen throughout an ultra.

2 x (1 mile ez, 1 mile up 4% 7:30, 1 ez, 1 up 1% 6:40, 1 ez, 1 down -2% 6:18), then the same series one more time except with 1/2 mile increments, and 1 to cool down.

I lack peppy legs and speed but felt strong-legged and although I was tired, and aerobically wasn't particularly challenged by this workout.  It was just about the right balance of work today.

I got up in time to get a run in outside before Vanessa got out of school but then got a phone call from a friend I've really needed to catch up with.  We finished talking just in time for me to pick Nessa up, so I rolled a few slow ones on the home treddy.  Long run tomorrow while Vanessa is in school--OUTSIDE yayyyyyyy!!

3:24(7:47 pace).  I don't know if it was a good night's sleep, the joy of running outdoors, the spectacular sunny 30 degrees, or what, but I felt great from beginning to end so decided to make it a marathon.

40 degrees and rainy. Oh fun.  Actually, my legs felt fine--can't feel yesterday's marathon at all, which is a good sign as far as developing leg resilience for the long haul. No watch, but finished just a few minutes over two hours so I wasn't totally slacking.  It was a wee bit cold and miserable-ish towards the end when I was too wet to really stay warm anymore.

8 very easy.  It was nice outside and legs felt great.  They are supposed to be trashed from the last few days.  The fact that they are not makes me very very happy!