Thursday Workout / BBQ Run With Waverly
Late in the afternoon, I got to Bally's in The Woodlands and logged an hour on the elliptical trainer (4.96 miles, level 16, random) and 50 minutes on the stationery bike (level 6, random).
After coming back and getting a shower, Waverly and I went and got some BBQ in what I thought would be far enough ahead than not to mess with things on the run. (I guess that I'll have to adjust my lead time out another hour or so. About midway through, I started to get a little light-headed.)
So at 9:15 p.m., we started our regular 2.1-mile loop around the subdivision. I wanted to try and push things a little bit faster than Tuesday night without specifically trying to do any strides or intervals with her.
We got on the street the farthest from the house and I felt like we were lagging it a little bit. (At the same time, I'm thinking that I'm going to be in trouble for Saturday's Willis Wildkat 5K; however, I was also thinking that I could easily do another long run in the 11-minute range without any problem.) Anyways, I told her that we needed to start to pick it up and for her to try and stay with me.
When I heard her breathing almost get to a point that I thought she might stop and walk, I backed off slightly but still kept things moving.
We got down to two turns to go and I saw that we were in the 20-minute area. I hadn't pre-done what a pace to beat her 35:56 5K PR would be, but I thought we were close.
I tried to pick it up without totally knocking her - or me - out. She responded.
She finished the 2.1 miles in 24:24 which is a pace of 11:37 per mile - or, if she could hold it, a 5K time of 36:05. She did great! For those of you with kids, you'll understand the feeling when they push and stretch themselves and see the benefit of what they're doing.
We won't do anything at all tomorrow, plus she has a basketball game Saturday morning at 10 a.m. Our next run will be on Sunday (maybe 4 at a very relaxed conversational pace) - as long as I'm in town.
After coming back and getting a shower, Waverly and I went and got some BBQ in what I thought would be far enough ahead than not to mess with things on the run. (I guess that I'll have to adjust my lead time out another hour or so. About midway through, I started to get a little light-headed.)
So at 9:15 p.m., we started our regular 2.1-mile loop around the subdivision. I wanted to try and push things a little bit faster than Tuesday night without specifically trying to do any strides or intervals with her.
We got on the street the farthest from the house and I felt like we were lagging it a little bit. (At the same time, I'm thinking that I'm going to be in trouble for Saturday's Willis Wildkat 5K; however, I was also thinking that I could easily do another long run in the 11-minute range without any problem.) Anyways, I told her that we needed to start to pick it up and for her to try and stay with me.
When I heard her breathing almost get to a point that I thought she might stop and walk, I backed off slightly but still kept things moving.
We got down to two turns to go and I saw that we were in the 20-minute area. I hadn't pre-done what a pace to beat her 35:56 5K PR would be, but I thought we were close.
I tried to pick it up without totally knocking her - or me - out. She responded.
She finished the 2.1 miles in 24:24 which is a pace of 11:37 per mile - or, if she could hold it, a 5K time of 36:05. She did great! For those of you with kids, you'll understand the feeling when they push and stretch themselves and see the benefit of what they're doing.
We won't do anything at all tomorrow, plus she has a basketball game Saturday morning at 10 a.m. Our next run will be on Sunday (maybe 4 at a very relaxed conversational pace) - as long as I'm in town.
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