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May 16, 2006
String of sub-par workouts continues
I sound like a broken record, but it was pouring out when I woke up. Luckily, though, pretty much as soon as I left to go meet Alison, the rain started to let up and even the sun was poking out of the clouds a little bit. It was almost shocking. We ran over to the Tufts track for an attempt at a workout, not knowing how wet the track would be. It was pretty bad in lane 1 and better (except for a couple of spots) in lane 2. Alison suggested mile repeats at the same tempo-ish pace we've been doing some longer stuff. I considered doing something shorter and faster, but I always have better luck when I try to pace myself with someone else. So miles (in lane 2) it was.
All the water on us and in our shoes after continuously splashing through the puddles made our legs feel like weights. We both commented that although we were hitting our usual times (maybe a couple of seconds slower than last week), the pace felt a lot harder. We were going to do 4 or 5 but after number 3, we called it quits and just jogged home. It was less of a workout (in terms of volume) than I am used to, but I was definitely tired of going around and through those puddles and was glad to stop.
I went to my very last scheduled class this afternoon (whoo-hoo!) and then came back home when I was finished. I decided to go for a second (short) run because it wasn't raining and I was looking for an excuse to procrastinate. I actually felt decent during the run, at least until it started to pour again when I was about a mile from home. So much for the sun!
Today is our wedding anniversary (#2). Tonight we are going out to dinner to a nice restaurant to celebrate that and the approaching end of finals. I have been looking forward to a good meal and a nice glass of wine all day!
Posted by becky at May 16, 2006 5:19 PM
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Happy Anniversary! Apparently Brad and I were married a month (minus one day) ahead of you.
Posted by: Caitlin at May 16, 2006 9:49 PM
i can't believe you've been married two years!! i am SURE you don't remember this b/c you had no idea who i was (i have no idea how i knew who you were-maybe b/c you did club web stuff)? but i was doing a track workout with you and leilani in dc and i remember the two of you talking about your upcoming weddings. was that seriously over 2 years ago? omg...
Posted by: Audrey at May 17, 2006 7:37 AM