Sweetness! First a confession of my sins from yesterday: One kripsie kreme w/ choc frosting (because that's the only way to have them), 2 diet dr. peppers, a 5 guys burger and split fries, 2 choc chip cookies, magleby's giant chocolate cake slice - and I ate the whole thing. We had major, very big good news in the family yesterday and we celebrated pretty hard. So to weigh the same as yesterday is unexpected and another cause to celebrate :D For today's workout, the plan was to walk 8 and run 4, my first 12 mile day since Feb. I saw MacK and her crew (Aubrey and Kent) and asked them if they were going fast or easy (I can't tell) and they were evasive, so I joined them. Kent later disclosed that they picked up the pace when I joined them, and said we were sub 7:00 pace for 2.5, but I don't know the exact splits. Aubrey gave me a 7:00 split for one mile so I'll call that my new post-AS mile PR. They were just cruising but I was was obviously in fast tempo pace from my breathing. It felt so good to let runners pull me along. My PT has told me to do my fast miles on the treadmill for now, but I couldn't run that fast on a treadmill, it would spit me off, but getting pulled along makes a fast run seem more doable. I'd say the effort was 5k-8k effort , was working. I don't have exact mileage but I definitely got at least 12, perhaps a little more than 4 in running and a little more than 8 in walking, from the splits I was able to catch. 2:17 for the whole thing. Hugs and kisses to all my friends out there. Chocolate cake for everyone!
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