Tuesday's Run
My plan was to go to the gym to get in some work on the elliptical trainer and the stationery bike, especially the latter to cycle through some sore thighs.
I was at my parent's place in Spring and before I knew it, it was 9:05 p.m. Too late for Bally's tonight. So, I have a pair of running shoes on ... what's left? A run!
They live in Birnam Woods in Spring, just north of FM 1960 and Treaschwig Road and east of Aldine-Westfield. In their subdivision, I have a 2.5-mile loop marked off (by a Ford 150 pickup truck ... yeah, I know, real scientific).
I did the first 2.5-mile loop in 25 minutes. A 10 minute per mile pace. A little faster than what I want to be going for the marathon in a little over two weeks, but I got my heart rate up a bit.
I decided to walk the next five minutes (not even measuring the distance) and then started to run. I covered the next 2.5 miles in 27 minutes. I figured that I probably got under a 10 minute per mile pace here (when I take off the 5 minutes and the shorter than a half mile in distance walking). This is fine if I'm doing a 5K or a 10K (and, of course, something to build on later), but nonetheless a good way to overcome not getting things situated properly to make it to the gym. I'll take it!
Marathon mental notes to myself: 1.) Continue to work on lining up a "last 6-mile pacer". 2.) Prepare everyone that we will be parked in the vicinty of the GRB no later than 5:30 a.m. 3.) Get focused on getting my hydration issues in order. 4.) Get a couple of GU packets. (They might have helped on Sunday.) 5.) Relax. I've already finished one of these! 6.) Don't get sucked in early of going too fast and don't let those at the end drag me down (when I need to be strong, especially when I hit Woodway.) 7.) Start praying that the day will honor God even though I won't be in church that morning.
I was at my parent's place in Spring and before I knew it, it was 9:05 p.m. Too late for Bally's tonight. So, I have a pair of running shoes on ... what's left? A run!
They live in Birnam Woods in Spring, just north of FM 1960 and Treaschwig Road and east of Aldine-Westfield. In their subdivision, I have a 2.5-mile loop marked off (by a Ford 150 pickup truck ... yeah, I know, real scientific).
I did the first 2.5-mile loop in 25 minutes. A 10 minute per mile pace. A little faster than what I want to be going for the marathon in a little over two weeks, but I got my heart rate up a bit.
I decided to walk the next five minutes (not even measuring the distance) and then started to run. I covered the next 2.5 miles in 27 minutes. I figured that I probably got under a 10 minute per mile pace here (when I take off the 5 minutes and the shorter than a half mile in distance walking). This is fine if I'm doing a 5K or a 10K (and, of course, something to build on later), but nonetheless a good way to overcome not getting things situated properly to make it to the gym. I'll take it!
Marathon mental notes to myself: 1.) Continue to work on lining up a "last 6-mile pacer". 2.) Prepare everyone that we will be parked in the vicinty of the GRB no later than 5:30 a.m. 3.) Get focused on getting my hydration issues in order. 4.) Get a couple of GU packets. (They might have helped on Sunday.) 5.) Relax. I've already finished one of these! 6.) Don't get sucked in early of going too fast and don't let those at the end drag me down (when I need to be strong, especially when I hit Woodway.) 7.) Start praying that the day will honor God even though I won't be in church that morning.
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