1:05:something. Same run as yesterday. I spent the run thinking about recovery and trail running. Regarding recovery, I truly believe it is the most important part of training. Recovery from hard workouts on easy days and also recovery from hard training cycles after key races. This week was not about recovering from a race, it was a little recovery from a hard 4 months of training. Secondly, I like running my Yeatman trail on my easy days because it keeps me running slow (because the footing is bad and it is hilly), but at the same time I am working my stablizer muscles and balance/co-ordination (which I desperate need help with ;-) ). Nerd that I am, I felt much better knowing that I had a rational reason for my run today! Another nerdy thing - we got a new scale this week (Tanita Ironman Body Composition Monitor). It measures all kinds of stuff (probably not accurately): weight, body fat, water and muscle mass and some sort of "body type" and "body age" thing that is scary because it says I am 13-15 years old, luckily Dean is equally young so we are ok there). Anyway - body fat wise, the recommendation is for women to weigh themselves in the evening (at the same time), not too close to finishing a workout. Well, I always used to weigh myself after runs (I liked the weight then ... dehydration and all) ... so all week I have been weighing myself in the mornings (like I used to) and again at night (which they reccomend) ... surprisingly enough both my weight and body fat calculations are "better" at night (even though I often feel fatter then!). Difference is about 2bls and 3%!! That said, my morning readings and my evening readings were pretty close to other (difference ~ +/- .5 bls and +/- .5%). Just so you know, I did not make my target weight goal before my 10K -- I was shooting for 125 and only got to 129/130. But, I still ran ok ... so, I guess my "target weight" should have been higher ;-).
I hope you all have wonderful weekends and to those of you that are racing -- Go GetUm! REMINDER: track fans, tonight Millrose Games will be on ESPN at 6PM mountain time. Of note: Bernard Lagat is going for his 8th Wannamaker Mile win!! GO BERNARD!!
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