The blog is getting harder and harder to enter in the morning because of how busy I've been, but I'm trying to keep up. The last week or longer I've been able to get over 8 hours of sleep each day. I've really made an effort to do so and I really needed the rest. I've had a lot on my mine lately about life in general, and things I need to change. Running has become an addiction to where if I don't run one day than I'm upset, or at least exercise every 3 hours doing something (but I don't do any of this during family time so that's not the problem). This is something I'm going to have to change with God's help because I've let it consume my life. I'm sure some of you have felt like this before. I'm trying to work-out a balance mentally for myself not to think it's bad to take a break or not exercise. I think success sometimes can drive you over to an addiction to want to get better no matter what.
Anyway, I ran 11.73 miles at an overall 6:50 pace in 1:18. The Temperature was at 25 degrees with a little bit of a wind. This was going to be a slow run, like an 8 minute pace, because I was tired. I got plenty of sleep last night. The problem was I didn't eat enough yesterday, I'm down to 134 pounds right now. I really didn't even want to run today, but I knew I had to. The last 6 miles I picked the past up going up over Olympus Rd., and down Chubbuck and Hiline Rd. Splits (6:39, 5:47, 6:04, 6:01, 6:49, 6:45). Good run for no motivation. Lunch: Football practice did a lot of sprinting probably ran over 2 miles, but I'll only count as 1 mile. Evening: Ran after work and football practice to get extra
miles in. I've got to work at 11pm tonight so I don't know if I will
run again tomorrow like last week as well. I ran 7.61 miles at an overall 6:30 pace in 48:55. I picked up the pace after the second mile. Mile 3: 6:20 (flat and uphill) Mile 4: 6:08 (uphill and rolling) Mile 5: 5:37 (pretty much all downhill, but some flat) Mile 6 5:52 (flat) Mile 7: 6:38 ( flat - good cool-down)
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