Slow & Steady Wins the Race :-)

So beautiful today!  Definitely got my Vitamin D. :-)  Probably it was only 60 degrees but it felt too warm in the middle of the day for running, I'm glad I decided to do neighborhood loops instead of venturing out (even though it was kind of boring), which I'm so glad because it meant I got water/powerade after every loop.  A little over 8 loops total, for 12.6 miles, did a little extra just to hit 2 hours even.

Felt very sluggish at first, and my muscles felt sore, maybe still from Friday's tennis?  Felt suddenly better after I hit 5 miles, then started to feel sluggish and tired again at 10.  So 5 of these miles were good?  5 minutes on the bike trainer to cool off after, then the driving range.

Splits: 9:55, 9:52, 9:31, 9:47, 9:47, 9:26, 9:34, 9:31, 9:16, 9:30, 9:17, 9:09

TT: 2:00:17       AP: 9:33      Total Ascent: 1,329 ft

In other, totally random news, there was a dvd, not in a case, just a dvd, on the side of the road in my neighborhood.  It was called........... Good Will Humping!  That's right, you read that right!  NOT Hunting!  So that gave me a laugh every time I came around it.  So someone was driving along, and just decided to throw this dvd out of their car window??!! 

Weekly Summary: Mon-off, Tues-5.64, Wed-bike, Thurs-6.61, Fri-tennis, Sat-6.64, Sun-12.6

Total Weekly Miles: 31.49

Ran 7.35 miles at BPA trail with Lisa and Anya.  Great to finally all get together again!  Some walking in the first 4 miles, but probably at least 6.8-7 of this was running.  Afterwards a little bit of tennis with Justin to get him ready for this weekend, but I didn't work too hard. :-)

I also FINALLY used the heart rate monitor for the very first time!  Yaaaay me for meeting one of my goals I set like 3 months ago!  

TT: 1:17:17   AP: 10:31  Avg BPM: 135   Max BPM: 165

Splits: 10:09, 10:52, 11:56, 12:20, 9:48, 9:25, 9:26

The BPM are interesting, they go: 125, 126, 127, 120, 144, 150, 156, 157.  I wonder what my resting heart rate is?  I want to find out more about this.  I also walked a quarter mile on the treadmill last night BAREFOOT!  :-)

Time for LOST!

1 hour on the bike trainer, with squats/lunges/push-ups/plank at half way and the end, while watching The Biggest Loser.  

Slow slow SLOW today.  Busy the rest of the day so got up early and took Cooper around the neighborhood.  Cooper even did the 400 repeats today! :-)  Warm-up, then 5 400 repeats.  Felt slow and sluggish, my left shin feels a little tired, I think from trying to work on my form (not heel striking).

Rest Splits: 9:45, 9:58, 10:06, 9:35, 9:54, 9:58, 9:35, 9:49

400 Splits: 2:00 (7:49), 1:56 (7:50), 2:00 (8:04), 1:51 (7:31), 1:58 (7:55)

TT: 58:48   AP: 9:29     Avg BPM: 142     Max BPM: 172

I need to learn how to set a workout on the Garmin so the 400s are actual 400s and the times aren't all over the place!  I did wear the heart rate monitor again though!  So that's progress.

35 minutes on the bike trainer, while reading Nightlight and watching 16 & Pregnant.  How can I do both you ask?  A really crappy book + a really crappy tv show = neither needs even half your attention!  Yay for the weekend.

HORRIBLE.  Today was horrible horrible horrible.  My shins, which have been kind of bothering me all week, really acted up today.  I walked probably a half mile of this, until I finally just gave up.  Guess that's what I get for messing with my form - all with the intent to not get hurt in the future, but I'm hurting now!  So that's just great.  Ugh.  Oh well.  We'll see how running with the girls goes tomorrow, then I'll take a couple days off and hopefully that will fix it.  At least its good I'm not signed up for the marathon, then I'd be scrambling!

TT: 44:28 or something slow like that!

Came home and walked 1.25 miles barefoot on the treadmill.  I also wore the heart rate monitor before running and I think my resting heart rate is around 65 bpm.  Though I had already been moving around the house and had a couple cups of coffee.