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August 19, 2004
Too Fast, Too Tired, Slow and Steady.
I have a lot of updating to do. Please forgive my long delay in posting (not sure if anyone really noticed, but that's okay too!!). I have been busy this week with graduate school orientation; I am definitely freaking out about the hours that I will teaching in the Spring, but I am trying to take it one day at a time. So far, I have really enjoyed getting to know my new classmates! I am sure I will interweave my running stories with graduate stories.
Monday: I ran with a local group of girls from the running store that I used to work at. My plan was to take it out slow and steady and flush out my legs from the previous day's 19 miler. I started to feel really good so I pushed it. About 2.5 miles into the run, I caught two of our super fast girls (as in, 17 minute 5Ks), adopted their pace, and ran with them. We kept a good up tempo pace and pushed the final 1.5 miles. I felt GREAT, but apparently I have been blamed for "pushing the pace." So it goes.
Tuesday: I took an unplanned Rest day - my first in 3 weeks and it felt wonderful! I also partied with my new classmates.
Wednesday: This was the highlight of my week: I ran with my twin sister, A.! We rolled at a comfortably nice clip and, of course, got ourselves into trouble. We were running down the street and this guy zoomed past us. I quietly whispered to A., "He's sprinting!" She picked up the pace and I glady followed her lead. Then, about 50 feet in front of us, the guy stopped like a dead log! We picked it up and as we were about to stride by him, I told A., "Don't breathe!!" We flew by our target, got to the corner, turned the corner, and slowed down! It was more amusing than anything else. A. is a little more competitive than me and she detests being passed by middle aged men (not that there is anything wrong with that!).
Today's workout was HARD. As soon as I catch my breath, I will compose a little story about it.
Posted by bridget at August 19, 2004 04:32 PM