Another blah, blah, blah morning. Kids not cooperating in the morning, running late, backpack stuff all over...I'm sure most of you know these kind of mornings. Got to the gym just hoping to keep moving for the 90 minutes, no Kelli - thought I'd missed her and she'd decided to brave the break in weather :( Started walking, again NO plan and I was willing to just walk! Then Kelli came in - YAY! Someone to whine to :) Thanks a TON Kelli for putting up with my whining craziness on the TM today - I really needed you today!! Walked 10 min (.5 miles) at 10% grade okay, I'll try running - 1 @ 10mm...hmmm, okay I'll do 2...next one @ 9:50...feeling pretty decent, one more....3rd mile @ 9:40mm....by the time I go to turn the speed down I'm at 3.54 miles (remember I walked the first 1/2, so I was only .04 over, but...), so I'll just finish the last one, 4th mile @ 9:31. When I finished my 4th mile I was actually finally feeling like I can run, so I bumped the speed down to 9:22mm and decided to get that 5th mystery mile over with. The last .35 miles I decided to just get it done and kept bumping the speed faster and faster to just be done! I ended at an 8:10 or so for the last .05 - I'm sure the AP was around a 9:10. Again, I was feeling good at the end of the run and am confident in tomorrow's 6 or 7- even all w/out stopping now! Plus it will be outside which always makes running easier - the morning and the cold will be my nemesis' tomorrow :) I finished off my last 20 minutes walking an 8% grade @ 3mph, I had a total of 1.5 miles uphill walking, 5 straight running at an AP of 9:30 - not too shabby. Still sad to think about how that used to be an easy day, but we're working back slowly - body first right now....body first! Oh, as a side note this is the first time I've run 5 miles since Christmas Eve, and hit more than 20 miles in a week since the first week of November. This week and today really are a turning point for me!!
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