Slow & Steady Wins the Race :-)

10am - Met Jordanne for a lovely 28-degree run at BPA trail.  I was way prepared with clothing and after 2 miles we stopped at the bathroom and I left my sweats (on top of my tights), my under armour long sleeve (just kept on my sweet Gatorade jacket Leandrea gave me), my hat, and gloves behind.  Beautiful blue sky and mountain views, difficult BPA hills, overall a great run.  I felt good again!  I LOVE RUNNING!  Don't worry, I'll try not to get carried away...

TD: 7.55 miles  TT: 1:16:25   AP: 10:07

Splits: 10:13, 10:02, 10:15, 9:41, 9:56, 10:29, 10:13, 10:08 

Afterwards we went to 50 minutes of Centergy (we were 10 minutes late).  

AM - 40 minutes bike trainer

PM - 65 minutes elliptical

AM - 30 minutes bike trainer

PM - Lovely 4 mile run with Lisa around the dark dark streets by the community center.  BUT after POURING POURING POURING all day long it did not rain on us one bit.  I do like when it does not rain, when it rains it is a shame. (what?!)  I digress.  I was 15 minutes late due to stupid traffic (SORRY LISA!!!!).  Afterwards I did one more mile on the indoor track - hard effort, I should have timed it.  

AM - 30 minutes on the bike trainer

IT'S ALMOST A 4 DAY WEEKEND!  And did I mention I turned in my first 3 dissertation chapters on Monday?  Although what's happening with them is still frustrating and up-in-the-air, it's still off my plate!

I really wanted to do a turkey trot today but paying $30 and driving somewhere and doing it at a certain time just did not seem too appealing!  So I decided to invent Nicole's 1st Annual Virtual Turkey Trot 5k, and invited some friends to participate too (as of now I only know of 1 other participant though, sadly!  Thanks Rachael!).  

Ran down to the dog park (1.3 miles) as my warm-up.  Although I maybe could have run just a tiny bit faster I was suffering pretty bad most of the time.  I almost quit after 1 mile because it was so hard!  I am out of shape and have a lot of work to do if I want to get a 5k PR any time soon (which I do!).  

TT: 24:55  AP: 8:01

Splits: 7:58, 8:11, 7:58, 7:27 (.11) 

Then ran one more loop and back home (2.6 miles, for a total of 7 miles).  The last 15 minutes or so it was fairly wet, which was miserable only because I didn't wear my hat (like an idiot).  My legs felt like lead this whole time, and I walked part of the Hillside hill on the way home.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  I have much to be thankful for: family, friends, health, Cooper, a job, a home, food, RUNNING, the list goes on. 

AM - 30 minutes recumbent bike with push-up breaks before some lovely shopping with my mom in Salem. 

PM - A lazy 30 minutes on the bike trainer after we made it back to Seattle.  This should hardly count as a workout... I barely broke a sweat!