AM: (10 miles, 1:25:18). 24:51wu/22:45cd. 5 mile Steady State run, 7:32, 7:26, 7:25, 7:25, 7:20. I got out the door almost an hour earlier than last week - by 7AM. It was still 85F and sunny. Greg had said to do 4-6 miles, but last week he told me to "be careful". My ribs still hurt really bad (still only *after* I run, and I still can't lie on my right side, ever, and if I forget it hurts enough that I have to lie on my back for a few minutes until I stop hyperventilating) and it is hot. So, anyway, I told myself, run slower than you think you should, shoot for 5, if you feel great then run 6. I had a really hard time finding pace, my first 800 was about 8 secs too fast, and then when I tried to back off I slowed down too much. I felt a lot better at 7:20 pace, but I thought it would have taken more effort than I was supposed to put into it to keep it up for one more mile (I am super duper careful with SS pace, it is NOT supposed to be hard, more like the pace you could maintain for an hour "comfortably hard" - so barely breathing hard, when I start breathing hard I know I am working harder than I am supposed to). Anyway. I am still happy that I can run pretty hard for 35+ mins in the heat and am trying to feel confident that once November (and cooler temps) role around I will be feeling much better. If I get up a 1/2 hour earlier next week I should be able to do 6 miles!
PM: (4 easy). I hope you all have a very nice day. On a non-running note, I did not sleep last night. First, I am stressed at work (what else is new, but this is even more than usual), and second, we have ANOTHER mouse that has fallen inside of our wall and can't get out. It is sad actually, they try and try to get out. Last night I kept thinking about cutting a hole in the drywall so it could get out, but then I thought it would just be worse because then Titus-the-cat would get it. I am still not sure I won't cut out the wall today (or beg Dean to do it, although he is still not over me making him make a "bridge" for the opossum to get off the roof in Nashville).
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