Well, my plan is to run every other day, unless I get to a point where I feel strong enough to run multiple days in a row. But...I didn't run yesterday. I was pretty exhausted from Saturday for the rest of the weekend, and I thought I just may want to hold on and save this run for after work. There have been many days at work where all I have wanted is to go for a run. I didn't want to miss an opportunity. Well, and I actually thought about running before work today, but the weather looked shady and despite the news saying it wasn't severe, I sat tight and turns out, it went severe. Way to go, boys.
At work, the discussion revolved around hot runs (I didn't think it would be that bad after work, but what do I know) and how my coworker who only this year started running managed a 10 minute pace recently. Although it almost killed her, that was definitely on my mind when I ran tonight. I was going from Day 38 to Day 47 on my abbreviated/accelerated C25K, 16 minutes running tonight.
Due to the alleged heat, I pinned all my hair up. All of it. I certainly have never run with so many bobbies in my hair and it was great. I may start wearing it that way on a daily basis.
I started off with my 5 minute walk warmup (.51K/.32 mi) then took the regular route, including the two blocks further, but then switched it up. I turned into this little neighborhood instead of just turning around and running right back where I had been. It's pretty quiet and a bit nicer than the rest of my route, and yay, there were sidewalks all the way down and back - although I came back a block closer to home and that block had to be run in the street. But it was downhill, so it went relatively quickly. Anyway, once I got back on my regular path, I was pure exhaustion. This whole run was all about just trying to finish. As I got close to the school, and my presumed finish, this little dog was out in a yard - it looked unsupervised, untethered, and old. And I prayed to be mauled so I could just stop. Alas, I think he tailed me a minute - I had neither the strength to look nor to tell him to stay, but I finally shook him and finished my 16 minutes at the school. (1.95K/1.21mi - hey I'm back over a mile in one burst!)
I walked 5 minutes (.44K/.27mi) and tried to run my lagniappe 5 minutes. I was so tired (the front of my thighs are absolutely killing me on each run - there is just no muscle there yet), thirsty, there were so many frakking people out, and yes, I was hot, that I called it quits after 1 minute (.13K/.08mi). Egads. So the walk home took me 6 minutes (.54K/.34mi). As I walked up the alley to my house, I had to step over a dead bird, which displeased me immensely. As I walked up the steps to my door a dang cicada beamed me in the forehead. As I would later say, like a gross, off-center high five at the finish line.
I had a slight headache, but ate some pizza (gourds, I'm unhealthy) within an hour and did not get a bad one.
One other note, Husband bought me the book "Once A Runner" for Christmas. I've started it like 5 times, but even though it seems to be about a runner who is at the end of his running career, it has been impossible for me to get into when I couldn't run. I am burning through it now. It's hilarious, and even though there is no comparison to what I do with what the characters do, there are certain things apparently all runners do that I really get a kick out of in the book. I had debated not keeping up this blog or my spreadsheet of miles and times until the book mentioned the training logs that the boys keep. Anyway, it's a really great book, and it is inspiring me even if my goal is not a 4 minute mile!
Pushing it seemed to help, if not nearly kill me - I ran a total of one minute less than last run, but went a whopping .05 mile further. My pace over 16 minutes and 1.21 miles was 13.22, also on the decline!
Weather: 79, Sunny, 2 mph wind, 42% Humidity, Feels Like 80
Time: 7pm; Walk 5, Run 16, Walk 5, Run 1, Walk 6
Distance: 3.57K/2.22mi
Elevation: +53.8/-52.7/net 1.2 ft
Just run: 17:00
Distance: 2.08K/1.29mi
5K/10K: 43:56/1:32:52
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