10.6 miles - treadmill (4.2) - outside (4.2) - treadmill (2.2) Heavy rain and thunder woke me up at 3:30 this morning, I was up for a little bit, fell back to sleep and then woke up with my alarm at 5:50 but did not feel good due in part to a less than ideal meal out. Went to the Y, warmed up on the bike for 10 mins, a couple sets of crunches on the ball then onto the treadmill. Various aches and pains at first which I was able to shake off by playing around with the speed and incline until I felt like I was fully warmed up and ready to go. I went outside and it was still raining. Thought about going back inside but thought running in the rain would be good for me. Besides, the rain had cooled things down and it was only 73 degrees. So I ran another 4.2 miles at 7:47 average pace. Would have liked to have done more but felt like I was pushing my luck with the thunder that was getting too close for comfort. So, back inside, another 2.2 miles on the treadmill. Did some striders with marathon pace recovery between. This made those last two go by very quickly. Finished up with some leg extensions and lat pull downs before going home.
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