Here I go again!

Went to Annapolis with Will - beautiful day, a bit humid but not bad. Rode 13.7 miles on the Annapolis/Baltimore trail, soooo nice! Rode back to the car and went back home to do some studying and watch the Tour de France. Very exciting!

Average heart rate: 155 bpm, with the last 3 miles at over 175 bpm.

Average speed: not sure, I had it set up for running so it says 4:05 min/mile...  so that's 14.8 miles per hour, I guess... I'm still not sure how the Garmin counts pauses or when you stop.... need to look it up.

What a nice day to end a great weekend.

Biked from Chevy Chase to the office on the Capitol Crescent trail. Another great day. Will came with me the first 5-ish miles and went back home. I was able to catch a fast guy and hang behind him so he was breaking the wind, ha!

Time: 30:30
Average speedL 17.8 miles/hr - didn't wear heart rate monitor.
Calories burned: 500
Calories recovered by having a chocolate chip cookie when I got to the office: 100,000

:)

Thinking of running on lunch break cause I have school after work... not sure if that will work out... but I feel good about my fitness level, and I have so much to do for work and school, I feel I need to get my priorities straight and do more efficient runs instead of more miles... we shall see...

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Too much work... Had lunch at 4 PM - boss was grumpy today. Grrrrrrrr... Biked to school after work, and then home. Long day.

I have a race this evening, the Bastille Day 4-miler. Last year I ran 3 miles slowly to the start line, ran the race, and ran back to the office... This year I'd like to get a PR so maybe I should bike to the start line instead, or at least bike 2 miles and run only 1 mile as a warm-up? Thoughts?

I ran it in 30:57 last year, 7:44 min/miles... I'd like to do 7:30 min/miles this year...

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Too busy at work, couldn't get out in time to make it to the race. Didn't even have time for a proper lunch, so it probably was a good idea not to run it. Very upsetting. Got off finally at 7 pm, went for a run on the "Montelepsy loop". Feeling very sluggish, but pushed on. Garmin of course doesn't account for elevation or for difficult trails, so it shows a very slow pace. Don't care. Made it back to the office and biked to Chevy Chase.

I got pink eye! Ughhh... Will and my co-workers are freaked out... I'm wondering if I should skip school? I've had pink eye many, many times and nobody in my family or housemates ever got it... Got some eye drops and feel better already.

Biked to the office in the morning and in the middle of the way my bike broke down! Something shifted in the derrailour and I have no idea why, it didn't look like it should have been able to move, and I couldn't move it back! Someone stopped and couldn't figure it out either. Finally we were able to get it to work very clumsily, I had to keep a thumb on the button that changes the gears and it made a lot of noise cause the chain rubbed against the derrailour thingy, so I looked ridiculous and was going very slow, but at least I made it to work in time...

Too busy at work for a lunchtime run... Will attempt to run home after school tonight... should I go to school, seriously?

Didn't go to school, didn't run, just did nothing, feeling blahhhhh 

Worked from home. I need to get a mouse, I don't like the laptop thingy...

Went for a run around 3 pm. NOT a good idea. Very hot, very muggy. Not a great run.  

Worked from home again. Seriously, pink eye is not that bad, I barely have any discharge. Went to urgent care to get some antibiotic drops. Came back home and went for a run by the Anacostia trail to the Capitol and back. Feeling good, not as hot as yesterday, with a nice cool breeze. 

What a beautiful day!

Ran to the office the long way to pick up my bike to go biking with Will tomorrow - from there I did a loop I used to do when I was married and lived in Cleveland Park... Dumbarton Oaks park to Glover Park up to Wisconsin, Marvin Hazen trail to Rock Creek, down all the way back to the office... it's about 9 miles, according to my Garmin, 10 counting some detours I took. I went slow, cause the trails are very rooty and rocky. I had several falls there before... and I had a very close call this time, but thankfully I didn't fall.

There was a biking accident on the trail, people go too fast on that turn, I don't know what happened but when I got there, I saw some blood on the trail (paved bike trail) and a guy was on the floor on the side of the trail, several people were around and had called 911... It gave me chills and I almost started to cry, thinking he may have to go through what my ex-husband went through... I saw a helmet next to him, so I'd hope he didn't hurt his head, and I heard people say he was breathing and he had a sip of water someone offered him, so at least he didn't seem to be unconscious. Scary stuff...

Felt good most of the time, but went very slow. I hydrated very well, I think, had some very watered-down G2 on the way to the office, some watered-down vitamin water on the first 10 miles, stopped at a 7-eleven to fill my bottle with ice and got another gatorade for the last 5 miles, a good plan overall. I almost wonder if it's worth running with my own water bottle during the marathon, it's nice not having to stop to drink, and being able to drink a few zips here and there instead of having to gulp a glass every few miles... probably not worth the effort?

This was not a very good week... I'm glad it's over. Tuesday I will do speed work I WILL DO SPEEDWORK ON TUESDAY!

Happy Saturday!