Believe to Achieve

You know when you get up from your bed and all your muscles are tight that doing the intended workout happens at a cost--either do part of it or none at all or struggle greatly to complete it.  Well I struggled (darn all  those squats and lunges!!!) then I stopped at 4 MP miles.  I felt very tired still from the string of night shifts and only 2.5 hours sleep yesterday.  I didn't mind however awaking at 5:20am to the MOST AWESOME DISPLAY of a THUNDER/LIGHTNING STORM!!!  INCREDIBLE!!  The clouds roaring by and the lightning flashing at the top of Mt. Timponogos was absolutely inspiring!!!  I so love a great storm!!!  I did go back to sleep until 9am and got my butt out the door on to my bike at 9:15am.  Road to AF rec center (3.5miles) and got on the TM for my intended 2 WU with 6 at MP of 6:58 AP.  But after having to slow for my first warmup mile due to tightness and fatigue--I forgot to eat or drink anything but a glass of water since dinner last night at 7pm.  Which dinner was the kind one should NEVER eat before a big workout---homemade Fettucini Alfredo---oooo the fat!!  then of course I ate a piece of leftover birthday cake and a couple spoonfuls of chocolate fudge frosting.  What was I thinking?  Apparently I wasn't.  I felt like a slug the first mile.  I increased the speed by .1 mph every .2 miles so as to gradually get to the pace without "freaking" my body/heart out.  A frog in the warm water routine.  Very much needed today.  I got close to the pace and realized I needed one more warm up mile to get there so I did three.  My warm up ended up being speedier this way by the last 1 mile.  When I got close I kept it at 7:03 for two miles thinking I could just do two here then two at 6:58 then two at 6:53.  But after the two at 7:03 and one at 6:58 I was losing mental ground.  I was roasty toasty in the NON-airconditioned rec center (just fans, it felt like outside, minus the sun).  I ran the last of  the four miles at 6:40 and called it good but ran the remainder three miles at mostly a 7:30 pace.  Total AP for 10 miles =  7:35.  Rode bike home.  So sticky out.  Ate a good sized breakfast then went and did upper body with Courtney.  Done.  Wiped out.  Hydration happenin'.   Salt streaks were dried up on my legs.