Each Day Is a Gift

An hour water aerobics.

Today's workout:  6x1000m in 5:50 (9:24 pace) with 3 min recovery between reps, 1 mi WU and 1 mi CD.

29F partly cloudy 4mph NW wind.  Pre-fun Chobani 6oz water.  This workout felt harder than it should.  I think I went out a little too fast the first couple reps. and subsequently slowed a bit in the remaining reps.  Wheezing was really bad today.  Had to walk during the 3 min recovery in the last 4 reps, coughing, spitting, gagging...NOT pretty!  I don't think I could've gone another reps.  How did I run 11 reps couple weeks ago?  So glad it's taper time now.  I find myself super tired every afternoon.  Sure was nice watching the Winter Olympics every night! :)

6.82 mi in 1:13:26  AP: 10:49

Splits     Time               Distance       Pace

1.            11:38                  1.00          11:38

2.             5:33                   0.62          8:55

3.             3:00                   0.26          11:36

4.             5:33                   0.62           8:56

5.             3:00                   0.23          13:00

6.             5:40                   0.62           9:07

7.             3:00                   0.15           20:00

8.             5:39                   0.62            9:05

9.             3:00                   0.14           20:59

10.           5:39                   0.62            9:05

11.           3:00                   0.15           20:20

12.           5:43                   0.62             9:11

13.           3:00                   0.15            19:52

14.          10:02                  1:00            10:02

***Happy Chinese New Year!!!****  I think this is the Year of the Dog! :) :) :)

Today's workout:  Combination: 1mi WU + 30 min @MP + 4x200m in 1:11 w/ 2min recovery + 20min CD

30F, snow, 18mph NNW wind, low visibility.  Yep, NOT going out in this kinda wind and blinding snow.  Set the treadmill incline @1.5.  1 mile warm up in 12:00.  4x200m 2 8:34, 8:27, 8:20, 8:13 with 2 min recovery @12:00 pace.  Cool down for approx 24 min to top off the mileage @ various pace between 10:30 & 10:00. 

Glad no back or hip pain during this treadmill session.  Runner's World Recovery Yoga post run. 

60 min water aerobics. 15 min easy swim.

WORST run, or should I say jog, I've ever experienced.  I don't know what the deal is! Temp was perfect in the low 30s, very little wind coming from the North and sunny sky.  So can't blame it on the weather.  But for the life of me, I could not keep any steady pace.  If you look at my pace chart (from Garmin Connect), it resembles a fine-tooth comb.  I'd run 200-400m at a comfortable pace and then had to slow down to walk...picked it up again onfly for a short distance and back to walking again...on and on...walk, jog, walk, jog.  I was wearing the Boston official jacket which was a bit long.  And with the phone and water flaskt in each pocket hitting me at the the top of my thigh got to be annoying so I finally held phone and flask in each hand.  But that shouldn't make me feel so sluggish.  The logical thing I could think of was that I only got about 5 hours sleep and was on my feet most of yesterday preparing food for the hot-pot dinner last night which by the way was very high in protein and low in carb.  [On a side note, it was so fun and nice to have some of our returned missionaries (sisters) over for the hot-pot dinner social!]

Anyhow, mentally I was a bit down thinking about the goodbyes coming up early Monday morning when my son and his wife flying back to Japan and I don't know when I'll see them again.  It's been fun having them home for the last couple weeks.  Well, I had ZERO energy and very lacking in motivation to run.  I think it would help if I had someone to run with.  I envy the groups of runners, walkers, joggers, cyclists I encountered on the MCT.  I realize I'm really a social runner. 

Ate 4 Bloks at the turnaround (mile 5.6) at the Lone Peak restroom.  Took off jacket with the flask and phone zipped in the pockets and wrapped around my waist so my hands were free the last 5Ks.  Somehow I snapped out of this funk and ran a 10:27 last mile home.  The rest of the day was shopping with my son and his wife...feet so so so tired...no rest for the wicked! :)

Awefully slow and lonely splits:  12:09, 10:57, 14:07, 11:37, 12:51, 13:46, 12:40, 14:10, 12:59, 13:44, 10:27.   11 miles in 2:19:31 (this was my St. George Half time!!! SO sad!!!) AP: 12:40