Slow & Steady Wins the Race :-)

Oh my gosh.  Running in Seattle weather with Justin and Cooper = GLORIOUS.  I do not miss that humidity... not one.little.bit!  It was just so refreshing and we'd hit cool patches of air and the sun was setting and the moon was out and it was AMAZING!!!!!  I missed my VFFs!  

3 loops around the neighborhood (2 with Justin and Cooper) plus a little extra to get to 5.   Then I foam rolled for the first time in 8 weeks and nearly died from the torturous pain.  Clearly I need that thing.

Jet lag is the worst.  It is 4:00am and I have to work tomorrow but after laying in bed since 2:30am I finally just got up and came downstairs.  Today is going to SUCK.  

10 lovely miles with Lisa, Anya, and Jordanne at BPA trail. Okay, the 10 miles weren't so lovely, it was super hard and my left shin was hurting, but the company was lovely!

Met Jordanne, ran to the bathroom and back, then Lisa and Denali were there, so ran one big loop, then Denali started having a sad crying attack so they left, but Anya got there, and ran one more big loop with Anya and Jordanne.  Then had some DELICIOUS pizza at Scoreboard afterwards, yum. 

TT: 1:42:xx   AP: 10:15 or something

I feel a little more prepared for H2C, but not much, and why does my shin hurt?  Oh yeah, probably because I wore the VFFs for 5 miles on Sunday after not wearing them all summer, because the Merrells are supposed to simulate barefoot running but I already know they don't because that's why I don't like them.  Moral of the story, I"m an idiot. 

I really wanted to get one or two double run days in in preparation for H2C and since I worked from home today seemed like a great day to do it.  

AM - 3.01 miles.  2 laps around the neighborhood.  Just kidding, I felt super slow, sluggish, and did NOT feel like running.  It's not much of a double run when one of the runs isn't even half as long as one leg during H2C!  

TT: 30:26    AP: 10:07

PM - 6.11 miles.  After a long day of data entry (no I did not meet my goal of finishing today, sadly), and cleaning the house (I did make some time to lay out in the sun!), Justin, Cooper, and I headed out for a run around 8:00pm.  Very lovely temperature, full moon, AND... I FELT GREAT!  It was a MIRACLE!  I seriously felt the best I have running since before I left for Singapore, probably the best I have in 10 weeks!  Did the first two loops with Justin and Cooper, then 2 more loops in which I focused on putting in some effort.  Last mile was pretty much a time trial, and yes I keeled over and died afterwards, but 7:10!!!!!  Yessss.

TT: 55:29   AP: 9:05

Splits: 10:08, 9:40, 9:43, 8:58, 8:46, 7:10

7:10, Booyah.   

9:00am, 5 lovely miles with Lisa and Cooper at BPA trail.  Thanks lady!

On the way home I was thinking of running some more when I got back because I was feeling really good but then I checked myself, was like you're an idiot, you've already run nearly 30 miles this week, stop being an idiot.   Sure enough, my ankle feels week today (Sunday).   Good thing I listened to myself for once.