- 4 miles, 1400 south and back, AP 9:58
- abs with 2x1 min planks
- foam rolling
This run has a steady incline for 1 mile and then a decline for 1 mile and then I turn around and do the exact route back. I try to keep the ups and downs the same pace or better on the way back. The last time I did this run, my AP was 10:10 so I was glad to end with a sub 10 AP today, although I did not like the effort it took! Feels like it should have been a lot lower. My legs are either still tired from the week or I'm still really out of shape...probably both! But, dang it, I'm going to keep putting these slow AP's on this blog even if it kills me so I can see how far I've come! ;) 8 weeks postpartum today. But really, I haven't been in good running shape since Dec 2010 because of an achilles injury and then nursing school got intense there at the end with full-time work at the same time and then I got pregnant....(yada yada yada)...it's nice to be getting somewhere now! As of today I'm 4 lbs away from pre-pregnancy weight (145) and 24 lbs from what has been my best racing weight so far (125). So I basically gained 20 pounds in a matter of months, I'm not even joking. The last 2 semesters of nursing school while not being able to run to keep sane was a personal you know what that pretty much did me in! I need my running!
Oh, I decided to not do the 2-3 miles yesterday so I could try doing an almost long run tomorrow (8 miles). I'll cut it to 6 if it's not working. Excited for my Saturday "long" run on the boulevard!
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