today 8:00am ~75 degrees ~very sunny
we had the option of 2-4 miles along a creek trail. my over confidence told me i can do 4 miles.
the run started out good. i may have gone out too fast (around at a 9:30 minute pace) then slowed down after that. after mile 1, realized 3 things:
#1 it's really hot.
#2 my allergy meds aren't working
#3 bugs are along the creek trail.
for endurance running, we are supposed to breathe through our mouth into the diaphragm. no problem. i have allergies, so i breathe through my mouth anyway... except bugs like me. now if your mouth is open when running towards a bug, or bugs are flying towards you with your mouth open... well, you get the picture. do not worry. luckily for me and the bugs, no bugs were injured or ingested during this run.
by mile 1.5 (3 mile turnaround point), i contemplated turning back and just run 3 miles. but figured, i need the mileage and the 2 mile turnaround point was only a 1/2 mile. plus the other people in front of me didn't turn around (not that i am competitive or anything like that). the 2 mile marker was FERNANDO. i didn't know who fernando was, but he was the 2 mile marker where i could turn around, so any person just standing on the trail i looked at in case they were FERNANDO... or was it ALEJANDRO? and then i saw the man in black! WOOHOO! 2 down. 2 to go.
for some reason the second half of the run was harder and it seemed longer on the way back... maybe because of the sun and heat. maybe because i tried to stay on the trail instead of the road. my arch started hurting again, but i couldn't stop. no one would take me to my car, and walking 2 miles takes forever! plus, i'm not a wimp and i knew i could run it. the cool thing about running half the distance and then turn and run back with TNT is that you see your team and they give you encouragement. "GO TEAM" "ALMOST THERE" & "LOOKING GOOD" goes a long way. my water bottle was irritating me, all i could hear was SWISH, SWISH of the water in the bottle and it was not comfy in my hand. so i threw it away at mile 3. by mile 3.75 fernando was running back (at a much faster pace than me) but slowed down and told me i was doing well and that we were almost there. we finished together.
it's always the last mile that is hard, no matter how far i run. i guess that's just how it is... just push on a bit each day.
i felt good after... which is good because my stamina is getting better or i had a full saturday and didn't have time to be tired like last weekend. i had to get home. shower. have brunch+world cup+mojito. do cardio kickboxing demo. home. shower. then off to my friend's birthday dinner.... HOME NOW! the only casualty is my right arch... i have an icky blister, and really hneed my orthotics to arrive soon!
tomorrow = zumba and a jog at 8:15am. let's hope i wake up.
4 miles
39.53 minutes
9:54 minute mile
we had the option of 2-4 miles along a creek trail. my over confidence told me i can do 4 miles.
the run started out good. i may have gone out too fast (around at a 9:30 minute pace) then slowed down after that. after mile 1, realized 3 things:
#1 it's really hot.
#2 my allergy meds aren't working
#3 bugs are along the creek trail.
for endurance running, we are supposed to breathe through our mouth into the diaphragm. no problem. i have allergies, so i breathe through my mouth anyway... except bugs like me. now if your mouth is open when running towards a bug, or bugs are flying towards you with your mouth open... well, you get the picture. do not worry. luckily for me and the bugs, no bugs were injured or ingested during this run.
by mile 1.5 (3 mile turnaround point), i contemplated turning back and just run 3 miles. but figured, i need the mileage and the 2 mile turnaround point was only a 1/2 mile. plus the other people in front of me didn't turn around (not that i am competitive or anything like that). the 2 mile marker was FERNANDO. i didn't know who fernando was, but he was the 2 mile marker where i could turn around, so any person just standing on the trail i looked at in case they were FERNANDO... or was it ALEJANDRO? and then i saw the man in black! WOOHOO! 2 down. 2 to go.
for some reason the second half of the run was harder and it seemed longer on the way back... maybe because of the sun and heat. maybe because i tried to stay on the trail instead of the road. my arch started hurting again, but i couldn't stop. no one would take me to my car, and walking 2 miles takes forever! plus, i'm not a wimp and i knew i could run it. the cool thing about running half the distance and then turn and run back with TNT is that you see your team and they give you encouragement. "GO TEAM" "ALMOST THERE" & "LOOKING GOOD" goes a long way. my water bottle was irritating me, all i could hear was SWISH, SWISH of the water in the bottle and it was not comfy in my hand. so i threw it away at mile 3. by mile 3.75 fernando was running back (at a much faster pace than me) but slowed down and told me i was doing well and that we were almost there. we finished together.
it's always the last mile that is hard, no matter how far i run. i guess that's just how it is... just push on a bit each day.
i felt good after... which is good because my stamina is getting better or i had a full saturday and didn't have time to be tired like last weekend. i had to get home. shower. have brunch+world cup+mojito. do cardio kickboxing demo. home. shower. then off to my friend's birthday dinner.... HOME NOW! the only casualty is my right arch... i have an icky blister, and really hneed my orthotics to arrive soon!
tomorrow = zumba and a jog at 8:15am. let's hope i wake up.
4 miles
39.53 minutes
9:54 minute mile
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