Workouts have been pretty great this week. Monday was a great hilly run. I took it inside on the tmill because it was still icy and ugly outside, plus I'm just a big baby, where are my big
My tempo repeats on Wednesday went awesome. My T pace I took down a few seconds to be around 7:15-6:57. I was able to progressivley get faster as each went by and ended my last one at an average of 6:55. Even my warm up and cool down miles felt nice and easy. Usually by my cooldown after a workout like this I'm crawling at a snails pace, this time I was able to actually keep up and nice swift pace.
Thursday was an interresting day. I had 5.5 easy and 6x200, (comfortably hard pace). Jake and I ran after he was done with work, so we didnt get out the door until about 5:45. That meant I hadnt eaten since my afternoon "snack" at 3:00. Ususally I run at 4:30 so I have plenty of energy/fuel in me. We were moving along just fine, until about mile 4.5 and it just kind of hit me. I was feeling wobbly and really low on energy. I got annoyed because it was only a 5.5 mile run, it wasnt even hard! We stopped for a minute then ran back to the house to finish. I made a pit stop and grabbed some Sport Beans before we started our 200m. I think they helped - I was able to get through the repeats really well. I wasnt sure what a "comfortably hard" pace should be, so I started with my goal 5k pace (6:46), and immediately found it to be a tad to slow...good thing? We picked up the pace each one, I never felt like I was going all out on these so that was good, but it was also a confidence booster that I can run faster than I think.
Ok, so remember the other day when I mentioned I got new shorts? Well I wore them on Monday to the gym. They seemed fine when I put them on and was standing still, but it wasnt until I started running that they got to be a tad, um, short.
I got these ones but in black |
Also, a shout out to my little baby Stella! It was her 1st birthday on Tuesday :)
she got a "cupcake", also, ignore the work-in-progress dining room |
Ha! Those shorts have nothing on what I used to run in back in the 80's 90's. Then running shorts were completely split and made out of the thinnest fabric you can imagine! I am sure I was convinced they made me look fast! Can't wait to watch you guys race, watching you run reminds me of myself when I was your age and I realize things come around full circle, such fun to see. Looking forward to seeing Stelly in the morning too! Mumsy
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