Single:
Things are more or less continuing to improve. I had planned a descent amount
of sleep but then at 4am a noise in the kitchen (that turned out to be the ice
maker misbehaving) woke me up and I wasn’t able to get back to sleep. Not that
I would have slept much more but this way I only ended up with a little under
6hrs. The good news is that I got into work an hour earlier so I was able to
take a break at about 11am for a run. I ran the course MM 1-4. My legs still
felt tight but MUCH better than yesterday. Also, for the first day since Sunday
I did not start my day with Dayquil. I still had some drip and am perpetually
clearing my throat but feel much better. Anyway, for the run I felt fine. I
decided I would do one mile at marathon effort, and being who I am I choose the
fast mile 4. This is the fastest mile on the course but I had yet to hit the
split without feeling as if I was pushing too hard. Today was different, even
though I had four things against me. 1) Drippy nose, 2) Slowed for traffic at
McDonald’s intersection, 3) Stopped for traffic at 2100E, and 4) A nasty 10+mph
head/cross wind. Despite all that, I hit the mark exactly on Avg. 5:22 HR 170.
I am very happy with the way it felt as well. The rest of the run back to lab
was not as enjoyable as I had to turn and head back up the hill and then into the
head/cross wind. (Kory, I look at it this way, the weather is getting that NE
wind out of its system before next week so we can have a nice calm Sat
morning). I stopped home for a quick kiss each for Sandra and Kaitlyn and then
back to work. Mi 8-R2 Avg. 7:06
HR 150
Asics DS-Trainer #1: 134 / / Asics DS-Trainer #2: 129 /
/ Saucony Rides #1: 133 / / Saucony Rides #2: 140
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