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March 10, 2005
Harder than Anticipated
Since I'm planning to race on Sunday, this week has been a bit of a cutback week. That meant that there would be no morning run for most of the week. There was a Monday morning run, but no morning run today. That also meant getting to sleep in until 5:40!
Tonight's workout was much harder than I thought it would be. J called me when I was at work to let me know that his back was acting up and he would not be able to make it. He and I had a long discussion about this weekend's race. We talked about the possible weather conditions and how I should not panic during it. We also talked about wardrobe considerations because the forecast looks so bad. I may have to play around with what I decide to wear. He says that he'll be out on the course if I want to get rid of anything during the race. Instead of doing hills tonight, I was supposed to run the flats really hard and then turn around and jog very slowly back. I was supposed to do 4-6 of these stride outs. They really were not striders since the straight was about 300 meters long. These were much harder than I thought they would be. I was hitting each one in about 60 seconds, which is much faster than I have run anything in a long time. I also wore the racing shoes that I plan to wear on Sunday. These shoes felt much better than my clunky trainers. In all, I ended up with about 7 1/2 miles tonight.
Tomorrow I have to go and register for the race on Sunday. Registration is being held at the local running store. While I'm there, I may invest in another pair of trainers. I really hate my adidas Supernova Cushion and they are carrying the Boston Classic again, which I have had very good luck with in the past.
I want to say that today was not a great day, it started off on a bad note, but it got much better as the day went on. Tomorrow is Friday and I took Monday off of work, so I have a long weekend to look forward to!
Posted by Blondie at March 10, 2005 08:14 PM