Believe to Achieve

put on the ol' mirage 2 and headed for the rec center.  I have only run on the TM twice since last March.  My revisit with  the TM went like this "oh its YOU again"(TM).   My RESPONSE??  BRING IT ON!!    JK.   After waiting for 10 minutes for someone in the only upstairs potty to come out (not kiddding here).  Four flushes giving me "hope" every time that soon it would be my turn to pee and keep me thinking I can wait rather than go down stairs. FINALLY!!   That was like 1.3 miles on the TM that I could have had done already. Geez.   My plan was to run 8 easy and 2 fast.  How I was going to run my 8 easy changed with every minute of my first mile on the mill.  I decided I would up the pace by 0.1 mph every mile starting at 7 mph.  I ran until the mill was about to stop (it stops at 60 minutes)-- so 57 minutes for 7 miles (1% incline).  Then ran to the fountain.  I was parched.  I had eaten so badly this weekend and my salt was thick coming out of my pores.... hmmmm lets see--  NEW YORK CHEESE CAKE FACTORY cheese cake -- on triple chocolate piece that weighs a half a pound all to myself. Then when  I got home Troy had mad the lazy family's dinner--- of frozen fries and chicken patties.  Oh what the heck I had one.  That was Saturday. Then Sunday-- cheeseburger and fries for lunch  and I got home to spaghetti and meatballs for dinner with french bread!!  I also brought home two pieces of the leftover cheesecake and we SPLIT them between five people!! and to think I ate a whole piece to myself the day before.  My kids were so full after their 1/5th portion of the two pieces.  What is wrong with me???  Slept great with my tart cherry juice concentrate.  Legs felt awesome (but the recurring niggle of the right achilles pain that has been lingering for years but just so happened to be gone when my left foot was doing all its business this summer).  I was SOOOOOOO bored by mile 3 I wondered if I could bring my relationship back with the TM.  With each increasing mile pace it got easier to bear and especially the last 2 miles.  I stretched briefly and was only off the TM for minute before restarting for the last three miles.  One at 7:47 (1% again) then down to zero incline for one at 6:31 (felt like 7 mm used to feel) and one at AP of 6:23.  The last half mile of the last mile I increased the mph to 9.3 to 9.8mph by the end (6:06 pace).    I felt very strong and was wondering  how great I will feel by Ogden??  I am going to have to take a break.  I am doing low mileage weeks (40-45 miles) until the end of November.  In December I was toying with the idea of running just 3 miles a day midweek and 6-10 on Friday or Saturday depending on my work schedule, with LOTS of crosstraining--- elliptical, spinning, and weights.  Then bring up the mileage to 50 in January, 60 in February and 70 in March and 80 (haven't done that yet) in April.  BRING IT ON!!!    AP for 10 miles = 7:46.