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Alright, I've been busy. Let me try to get the regulars caught up as much as possible.
The legs felt fine from San Antonio on Saturday so I rested them on Sunday and Monday. (Although I did want to go run 11 on Sunday morning with the Striders.) Tuesday was a travel day from Albuquerque to Houston to Atlanta.
After our meeting at work on Wednesday, I went out to run at 4:50 p.m. thinking to myself: "It doesn't really feel that humid out here." Atlanta, of course, is a bit hilly (and I was out in a north suburb called Alpharetta). I ran for 10 minutes straight out Deerfield Parkway without stopping and then the heat and humidity started to kick in. Long story short: 20 minutes out, 20 minutes back. 40-minute (primarily) run!
Thursday night after I got back in a bit early from Atlanta, I spent an hour on the stationery bike at The Bally's in The Woodlands (before having to go back out to the airport to pick up a bag that arrived on a later flight.) So much for TSA and their 100% bag match!
Friday morning (after winning 4 free tickets to Astroworld on 93Q) and going to get Waverly at Houston Baptist University's Girls Basketball Camp, I ran 15:30 from just outside of Sharp Gymnasium on campus, out to Fondren, down Fondren to Beechnut, beyond the softball and baseball field, through Gate 4 and back to the gym. After getting some water, I ran it backwards in 14:30 ... in the morning heat. And I ran each way without stopping. That evening, I did 55 minutes on the elliptical trainer at Bally's.
Sooooooooooo .... I thought I was getting my fitness back a bit.
Then reality hit Saturday morning at Run The Woodlands 5K #132. I purposedly tried to keep it slow to try and run the entire 5K. I almost succeeded. Only stopped 3 times. Mile splits were as follows:
Mile 1 -- 9:45.52 (slowest mile 1 of the year)
Mile 2 -- 10:21.86
Mile 3 -- 10:35.99
Last .1 -- 55.25
Overall -- 31:38.62
I just have to start thinking long term. It is going to be a long buildup to get ready for New York City in November (and I need to start logging some more miles).
The legs felt fine from San Antonio on Saturday so I rested them on Sunday and Monday. (Although I did want to go run 11 on Sunday morning with the Striders.) Tuesday was a travel day from Albuquerque to Houston to Atlanta.
After our meeting at work on Wednesday, I went out to run at 4:50 p.m. thinking to myself: "It doesn't really feel that humid out here." Atlanta, of course, is a bit hilly (and I was out in a north suburb called Alpharetta). I ran for 10 minutes straight out Deerfield Parkway without stopping and then the heat and humidity started to kick in. Long story short: 20 minutes out, 20 minutes back. 40-minute (primarily) run!
Thursday night after I got back in a bit early from Atlanta, I spent an hour on the stationery bike at The Bally's in The Woodlands (before having to go back out to the airport to pick up a bag that arrived on a later flight.) So much for TSA and their 100% bag match!
Friday morning (after winning 4 free tickets to Astroworld on 93Q) and going to get Waverly at Houston Baptist University's Girls Basketball Camp, I ran 15:30 from just outside of Sharp Gymnasium on campus, out to Fondren, down Fondren to Beechnut, beyond the softball and baseball field, through Gate 4 and back to the gym. After getting some water, I ran it backwards in 14:30 ... in the morning heat. And I ran each way without stopping. That evening, I did 55 minutes on the elliptical trainer at Bally's.
Sooooooooooo .... I thought I was getting my fitness back a bit.
Then reality hit Saturday morning at Run The Woodlands 5K #132. I purposedly tried to keep it slow to try and run the entire 5K. I almost succeeded. Only stopped 3 times. Mile splits were as follows:
Mile 1 -- 9:45.52 (slowest mile 1 of the year)
Mile 2 -- 10:21.86
Mile 3 -- 10:35.99
Last .1 -- 55.25
Overall -- 31:38.62
I just have to start thinking long term. It is going to be a long buildup to get ready for New York City in November (and I need to start logging some more miles).
posted by WalkSports.com | 10:07 PM
1 Comments:
Hey, WB to blogland :) This Sunday marks 4 weeks of no running for me so I am jealous and getting worried about just how horrible my fitness is going to be when I start up again. I'll probably only make it 2 minutes before I'm huffing and puffing!
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