Well, I'm on my way towards my weekly goal. I drove in to work today since I was running late after not sleeping well. I ran my 4.15mi route after work. It was about 82F and 45% humidity. Not too bad, but I was struggling. Course was flat and my goal was just to run a comfortable pace (shooting for about 9:00-9:15) and just wanted to run without walking if I could. I ended up walking about 4-5 times for about 0.05mi each time. I averaged about a 9:50 which was disappointing. Most of the running time was about a 8:30, so the walking killed my time. I only logged 3.8mi of actual miles since I'm not counting my walking. Considering the weight gain (it's coming off, thank goodness) and the lack of miles the last several weeks, I shouldn't be too hard on myself, but I was going to register for the Half in Sept and now I'm reconsidering. I'll likely do it, but I need to get a couple of good weeks in or it's not worth spending the $. On my way back, about 3.0mi into my run, I saw a stellar runner from work with another guy on their run coming towards me. They were cruising along quite fast, both smiling and laughing, looking like the killer runners they are. They looked so fluid, long, beautiful strides. They said Hi to me, of course (I can't be missed with my doorag), they're nice guys. I wasn't feeling that great at that moment and I know I didn't look like much of a runner either. I was probably jogging at a turtle's pace. I'd love to run with my friend from work, but until I get my times down and my endurance up, I'm too embarrassed to ask him to run with me. I seriously need to run in the AM before work. Trying to fit it in during the day or after work is just too hard. Maybe after I get caught up again with work it won't be as bad, but with changes at work, there's just too much work to be done to justify taking off in the middle of the day and I could stay until 9pm and not get everything done I need to do every day. Sigh...
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