May 05, 2005
Resting Up
Despite my expectations, last night's workout was really good. We couldn't run on the track because the high school was having a lacrosse game, but there's a bike path right nearby that we use for workouts when the track is closed. Last night we did 6x3 minutes at 5k pace, with 2 minutes in between each repeat. I always whine a little bit when we have to be on the trail, but I think I always run faster because I don't know exactly how fast I'm going. I had planned to take it kind of easy since I'm running that 8k tonight, but I wound up running with the guys (the medium-fast guys, not the fast-fast guys) and of course I had to try to keep up. I hung with them for the first 3, and then they pulled away from me a little bit on the next two. Not by much, though, and on the last one I was able to close the gap by the end. They estimated that they were running about 6 min pace, so I was probably running about 6:15 pace. I got in between 7 and 8 miles for the day; 20 minute warm up, the workout, and a 10 minute warm down. I also stationary-biked for 30 minutes before the workout.
I'm taking a mental health day today, so I was actually able to get a full 8 hours of sleep. I feel a million times better than I did earlier in the week; I'm very relieved that the problem just seems to have been exhaustion, rather than anything more serious (my brother was just diagnosed with a very aggressive type of mono, so I have serious illnesses on the brain). I went for a short easy run (25 minutes, a little over 3 miles) this morning just to loosen up. It was hard to turn around because it was gorgeous out and I was feeling good, but I had to remember that the point is to feel good tonight. So I came home and did a bunch of sit ups, and now I'm catching up on email and watching the Food Network.
I'm getting nervous for the race tonight, which is silly; there might be all of 50 people there, and half of them will be my friends. Hopefully the nerves will turn into adrenaline, and I'll have a good race. I don't want to say what my goal is because that will make me more nervous; maybe I'll reveal it after I see if I achieve it.
Posted by jessie at May 5, 2005 03:39 PM
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Good luck and hope it goes well!
Posted by: Nanda at May 5, 2005 04:36 PM
It must be over by now, so I hope it went well!!
Posted by: Alison at May 5, 2005 09:01 PM