Felt lazy and slow running this morning although when I checked my splits I was only slightly off my normal pace. My HR was lower than I wanted during the first 3-4 miles so I would pick up the pace just slightly to get me to my desired range. After about 5 miles I saw another jogger in front of me so I tried for about a mile to reel him in a little but he was too far gone. After that little burst of exerted energy I actually felt a lot better (i.e. not so lazy) so after sucking down some water I headed back out with high spirits for my last lap around the neighborhood ... it was pretty uneventful except for the fact that it started raining. I chuckled to myself... because with out reading the other blogs on this post, I would have typically headed back in. However I could not see myself writing I stopped a run because of rain when others are running in snow and ice!
Note: Walkman = +1; definitely was a walkman run! A couple of good songs helped me to keep my mojo.
Morning Run Miles = 8.35
Lunch was awesome! Headed to the Y and had about 26 min. before spin class so I jumped on a treadmill. Pretty tight timeframe but I wanted to get my 3 miles in and could not run them after class like I typically do because I had a meeting. So I ramped up the speed to about a 7 min. 30 sec. mile and hammered it out. The first two miles felt great! The last mile I had to push but finished my 3 miles with about 3 min. to spare before class! Did not see final speed / time because I had to RUN to class to ensure I kept my bike! The class is always packed because the teacher/music is great! I kept my HR monitor on during class, it was an aerobic pace workout that she wanted us to keep, and so I focused on keeping my HR at around 146 i.e. the bottom of my Aerobic range :-) Whereas I can not clearly see the benefits of my running while I am running I can definitely tell in spin class!
I finished the class feeling very strong... and made it back to the office with time to spare before my 1:00 meeting. Gotta love multi-tasking!!
Finally I am confident that I will meet my 50 mile in one week PR this week and really really want to have a great LONG run on Saturday so I am thinking of either A) Taking Friday off or B) Just doing a very light run and light day in the gym. My goal for Saturday is to run for 2.5 hours. I have not had much success with my long runs lately so I need a mental victory!! | 