Interesting run this morning... after taking Sunday off to rest, I was not feeling good at the start. Actually I was feeling so bad that I was seriously thinking about not going the six miles I had established in my mind to run. Note: I have mapped out two runs in my neighborhood a 3 mile and a 5 mile loop. I have to make a call at about the 1.5 mile mark which loop I want to run.
Based on feeling sooo sluggish I made up my mind to run the 5 mile loop. That way even if I have to walk I will get in 5 miles! So plugging along after about the 3.5 mile point I started to feel really good. Then when I got to about 4.5 miles I was feeling awesome... actually so good that I knew I was definitely going to take another 3 mile lap! Long story short...even when I got to the finish point 8.37 miles I felt like I could go for another 3 miles with no issues but unfortunately time would not allow it.
Hopefully that is the sign that my hard work is starting to pay off!! I will be able to better judge at the end of this week.
Still planning on heading to the gym today at lunch and definitely plan to try and squeak out 4 miles on the treadmill. As always I will keep you posted!!
P.S. I think I gained the 3lbs back I lost earlier! Unbelievable how I can be logging so many miles and not loosing any weight. In the end I know that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction... you think I am logging the miles on the road... you should see me now at the table :-) LOL
Lunch update: Went to the gym today and worked chest... had a decent work out but no record lifting day. Jake was back from Holiday / vacation so that added some support. We had planned on running on the treadmill but all were taken so we opted to hit the road. We ran for 30 min. at what I would approximate to be around a 9.5 min pace. I was hoping to have an edge on him today although he had been home (UTAH) for about two weeks and did some training at the higher elevation so he was definitely feeling great during the run. I kept up pretty good but I could tell he had the better endurance (just slightly). No worries I will reel him in over time :-). | 