Wow, what a couple rest days does for my energy level :) Why is it that I can take a full day to carefully plan out what I'm doing for my Saturday workout, then when the alarm goes off I find some way to change and re-arrange those plans so that I can sleep in for another 30-60 minutes? Went to spin class - did 1 mile warm up run on the track beforehand. Spin was seriously AMAZING today! I had a sweat fest and it felt harder than at any point in my race last week or run this week! It was a great mix of intervals, hill climbs, runs and jumps - with little rest. Came home wanting to run OUTSIDE in the SUN! YAY! After 2 days of couch/house work/rain, I was ready to get out and enjoy it, and boy did my feet and legs respond. I decided to run our stake 5K loop twice, that way I could drop water at the house and not have to carry it with me. Only downside is that although it is a loop, I SWEAR 70% of the course is all nasty uphill...ugggh. I run it the reverse of the stake race, because that gives me downhill at the beginning and end, the rest is gentle/nasty uphill. 1st 5K - 27:56 felt good, and saw a lot of people outside and a TON of runners. Feeling good, grabbed a drink and I was off for more!
2nd 5K - 28:17 - about 2/3rd of the way through this run (just before starting the last nasty uphill climbs) I decided I had enough time and gusto left in me to do 3 loops. Felt good at the end, but I knew it was slower than the first. Grabbed another drink and told my hubby "just one more!" 3rd 5K - 28:24 - I could tell my energy level was lower than the first two times when I started not liking the uphill so much just after mile 1, not at 2.3 where I had before :) Still felt good and pushed through the last few, still passing some of the same people still working in their yards. Finished the last downhill strong, glancing at the garmin it was about 7:20 as I hit the last .10 of the 5K. I honestly felt today that running this loop 3 times was a lot shorter than some of the 9-10 mile runs I've done before. I felt good and strong, SO much better than the last couple days. I guess that's what you get with 2 good rest days...well, I don't know if Thursday can be counted as a rest day, I felt worse than at any point today! AP: 9:05 splits: 8:45, 9:14, 9:08, 8:42, 9:28, 9:17, 8:40, 9:29, 9:27, 7:53 - for the last .30: yee-haw!! Look at me, I can RUN!! :) )
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