Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured

Another yucky winter day in FW.   2.2 miles on the treadmill... Spin class...2  more treadmill miles.

 I am trying to introduce some cross training to my life and today was a first attempt at spin.  It was hard, but not as bad as I thought and I do need to adjust my bike differently next time.   I could feel it in my legs right from the warm up and I have no idea how much resistance you should really have, but I sweated up a storm, breathed hard and had jello-y legs afterwards.  The first .5 on the treadmill after spin was rough but got going and was sad to have to go get kids ready for school.

9 easy miles....1.75 to meet Saskia, 6 with her and the rest on the way home....

I had originally not planned on running today because I have an early flight, but I was awake at 3:00 am and not able to go back to sleep.  Ended up getting up and running.  6 miles... 2 mile warm up, 2 miles of fartleks with the telephone poles and 2 mile cool down. Took the on's at a pretty moderate pace, nothing too exciting... Avg pace 8:36

It is a down pour today and not letting up.....So back at the YMCA.   I had put off running and was extremely grouchy and finally went after being bugged by my daughter to take her to the Y.   My husband and son ended up tagging along which was great, because then I didn't have to worry as much about her.   

1% incline

3.5 mile warm up

5.5 miles sub 8:00 min pace

2.5 mile cool down - ended up sprinting the last 3 min which was harder than it should have been.

I feel pretty good about this work out, not too sure how it would translate to the road, but I didn't die or really even come close (except the sprint) which is good.   It all comes down to getting out of my 8:30 -9:00 min pace comfort zone... I need some faster gals to run with ......

New shoes today, back to the Mizuno wave riders.  I haven't worn these for about 2 years and wanted to go back.   No hip issues today but my plantars are on fire..lots of stretching, and rolling.