Bring on the challenge!

Sprint workout this morning.  Decided to sleep in this morning and run after I took the kids to school.  Now I can't decide what's worse - running tired, or running hungry (since I still hadn't had breakfast).  I ran out of energy fast.  Maybe running tired is better :)

3 miles at a 6.0 this morning.  I have got to start going to bed earlier and eating less junk!!  I am dragging!!  

4 miles of my tempo workout.  Did the same workout as last week.  Wasn't sure if I was gonna make it at the end, I was dragging!  I was having one of those arguments with myself about slacking off a bit for the day or pushing forward.  Obviously, the slacker side lost :)  I've got to figure out why I'm dragging so much lately.  Hope I'm not over doing it.  I'm such a stickler with my exercise routines and don't give myself much of a break.  However, the holidays are coming up, and I need the workouts ;)  Maybe after the first of the year. . . lol.

3 miles on the treadmill at a 7.0 speed.  I've decided that there is the "lazy me" on one shoulder, and "Jillian Michaels" on the other.  Yes, Jillian :)  Gotta say, I would LOVE to have her work me out sometime, even for just an hour.  I know, glutton for punishment ;)  Anyway, slept in again, so I did this after I took the kids to school.  Started out fine, after 1.25 miles, my phone rang and I answered.  Normally, I wouldn't do this, but, as I was expecting a call and a visitor, I did today.  Anyway, after the call, I started up again and had lost some momentum, of course.  And then, I started to feel hungry.  Hadn't had breakfast yet, as usual.  Which isn't a problem at 6:15 a.m., but by 8:45, it starts to be.  So, I carried on with "lazy me" and "Jillian" arguing with each other.  They argued about slowing down, not going as far as I originally planned (4 miles) or just toughing it out.   Normally, "Jillian" wins.  Not today.  I decided falling off the treadmill didn't sound like too much fun this morning.  Could I have made it?  Maybe.  But, I didn't want to chance it this morning.   Sorry, Jillian ;) 

The south wind doth blow!!  I was SO not looking forward to this run this morning.  The wind has been whipping here for the last 2 days (major storm coming in later today) and I'm feeling a little burnout.  I told my husband and of course, he said not to go - ha ha!  Easy for him to say who can eat all the junk he wants and still stay skinny!  Besides that, I needed to go because I don't know what next week will be like.  Today was probably one of the last warmer runs of the year.  It was 50 degrees this morning, but next week the high's will be in the 20's and 30's - so I might as well enjoy the warm while I can!  

So, yes, I went this morning, and the wind was a whipping!  It was coming from the south, and, since my first 5 miles are going south, I really felt it!  It was one of those that you have to turn your ipod volume up just so you can hear the music over the wind, and you hope that your hat doesn't fly off!  Needless to say, the first 5 miles were a little on the slow side, mostly because of the wind, partly because I was feeling sluggish.  They were all about 9:15's.  After I turned around at 5 miles, though, things improved a lot.  Mile 6 is usually a faster one, mostly because it is a gradual downhill till the end where there is a bit of an uphill.  As I came back around the corner just starting on mile 6, I noticed a bunch of people running on the other side of the road.  Looked like a running group.  I kept up my pace and eventually passed a whole bunch of them between mile 6 and 7.  Felt pretty good ;)  After mile 7, the wind started whipping again.  At least it wasn't blowing at me, but sideways is still a distraction.  Had the wind with me the rest of the way home.  Glad it's over, let the snow fly now! :)