Great run today! I love Monday runs, I always feel so fresh and happy...yay! And I think I've finally gotten over the blood donation for the most part - it's been cool, the last few runs have felt almost the same effort, but they've gotten consistently faster. I'm glad to be getting over it - feeling like passing out in what should be a good run is not fun.
Today we did the Washington Pkwy 8-miler. I think my watch has issues because Holt's got the run as .2 longer than mine did. Probably because it's old and outdated...I'll go with Holt's watch's distance - especially because my run felt a lot more like 7:28/mi pace for 8.2 miles than 7:40/mi pace for 8 miles. Usually the hill up the overpass kills me, but today, I had this mantra of "float down the downhill" as I ran up the hills which really helped. I imagined that the ground was sloping down, not up, that my burning legs were my imagination and leaned forward and went with the 'downhill flow' - kind of odd, but whatever works...? And today I beat Zac for the first time in forever! The only crapfulness about today's run was the ball of the left foot was killing me for the downhills of the run. (DST 303.1)
After I lifted, 3x11: LE (7), LC (10), Bench (55), LatP (4), Squats (85*), Abs/back (7.5*). Upped by 2.5 on each side on Squat and by 2.5 on abs/back. Bench is starting to get easier - next week I think I'll up it. Boy, was I long winded today...
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