This mornings run was simply AWESOME! Weather wise anyway... I believe it was around 51 degrees F? If not warmer! Something told me to put a water bottle in my mail box and that came in handy as I lost a lot of fluids from sweating. My legs and feet are starting to get somewhat used to the mileage. I do not have the very sore (i.e. work out type) of feeling in them like I did when I started. Got in my 8.33 and am looking forward to pounding another 3 out this afternoon in the gym. A little worried about the weather... we need rain in NC very bad but it is not good for me to see rain before I get out to run... definitely will take some internal motivation to not get lazy if it is raining in the morning! This should be my first 50 miler week so that should keep me motivated!
Got a new delimit I am working on now... running with music or without? I always have run with my favorite tunes blasting in my ears. However the other day my battery went dead ... I was sure I was going to die, but then I started paying better attention to my breathing and amazingly I actually felt better. Towards the end of my run I started playing the music again but only at a very low level where I could still hear my breathing and foot steps. Since then I have been doing a combination of music, no music, and low music. We will have to see how this turns out? I believe I am going to try and get away from it however having it is great in the beginning as motivation to move my feet and whenever my runs get really tough (i.e. on a hill).
Stay tuned for the lunch update!
Lunch run was fine... probably averaged a 9:30 min / mile pace which was a little faster than my desired 10 min / mile pace however I got to run outside with Jake. Since I run so much alone anytime I can run with someone it adds some fun! Actually we have been lifting weights for a while together but only recently did I learn he likes to run. Oh I forgot we started off in the gym by doing some light leg work... leg curls, leg extensions, calf raises, and sitting leg presses. Very light weight... sets of about 15 to 20 reps. | 