Rode in to work today. Ran right before riding home. Splits: 8:54, 9:35, 10:20, 12:54 (ouch!!), 10:19, 10:39, 3:33 (.21) walking. I ran out to the turn around point on the island at about 2.75mi without walking but I was seriously dragging and I wasn't able to do much under an 8:30 pace. Most of it was closer to 9:00. Then on the way back and to the 31st St. bridge, I did some walking. I was drained and wondering how I'll ever make it through the half next month. When I reached the bridge and headed back, I decided I needed to do something different. I decided I'd walk for a short period of time, getting shorter each time, at the start of each .5mi increment, then jog the rest of it. I walked the first 1:30, 1:20, 1:15, 1:10 of each half mi. The jogging paces were about 9:00. I walked the last .21mi back to the gym. I was done. The Pirates game was about to start, and I felt like getting a cheap bleacher ticket and grabbing a bucket of wings to drown my sorrows in. I would have had to wash it down with a huge Coke and that would have put me over my caloric intake limit for the day, so I decided to pass. Plus, it's not looking promising for meeting my goals for the week, which means I've got some nasty fat-free ice cream I'll have to eat come Sunday.
On a side note - probably unrelated: I don't know what it is, but I can't get out of bed in the morning. I've even been going to bed earlier and getting like 7-8 hours of sleep instead of the usual 5.5-6. I seem to sweat a lot more than usual. I helped my buddy with the couch Wed night and he hardly sweat at all, but I'm completely drenched in sweat. It's embarrassing! Is there a doctor in the house? lol
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