Dinner was great, but the pasta I ordered was really heavy. I was exhausted when I finished and immediately was worried about how it was going to impact me today. I wanted to make sure I got a good nights sleep, so I got in bed at 9:30 to read a book...and turned the lights off a bit after 10pm. I fell asleep HARD - which is unusual for me. Then, at 2:30 in the morning I was pulled out of my slumber by noise in my alleyway. I live off of a busy street (even though my street is very quiet) and often we get "bar traffic" through the alley at night. Fights, guys tossing dumpsters, drunk kids just screaming for the fun of it - its all the norm. But last night there was this girl crying...not just crying, BAWLING. You could tell she was alone because nobody was talking, nobody was consoling her. She had the most awful sounding cry and you could hear her as she moved through the alley. Needless to say, she was annoying, and I didnt sleep well for the rest of the night. So I wake up, and I am tired. I feel like I weigh a million lbs (I actually stepped on the scale and am up 3lbs just from yesterday...if thats an indication of how much pasta I ate!). Its raining and gloomy and cold. So I am not "feeling it". I hope in the car to drive to the run, and it starts pouring. THEN, I MISS MY EXIT. I drove about an extra mile and had to turn around.
I get to the run, and I am doing bad. I feel lousy. I am tired. I am cranky. I wish I could find that crying girl from last night and smack her silly. The girl, Jodi, that I run with alot doesnt show up. So it keeps getting worse and worse :) I ran with the same girl I did last week, through the whole 8 miles - and felt awesome. At the end I could seriously have kept going. Now is that crazy or what?
Its Memorial Day weekend and the weather is supposed to suck. Right now its gloomy and 55 degrees. I am supposed to go to barbeques today and tomorrow, and thats about the least appealing thing to do when the weather is like this :) This is renting movies, eating popcorn & sitting on the couch wearing your pajamas kind of weather.
Training Log
Time: 87.36 minutes Distance:8.00 miles Pace: 10:57min/mi
Like I said, the run was good. It was cold and rainy in the beginning - but the rain stopped shortly into the run. Add on the heat I was putting of just through exertion and it was perfect weather! I was in shorts and a tank for most of the run. During the total time, I stopped once for water and to take off my long sleeve shirt (a few seconds for sure) and then stopped at the end of part of the route as we tried to call to another group that was heading in the wrong direction. (They never heard us and we just kept going). During both of those times I didnt stop my watch and so my pace was actually a bit faster than 10:57. Last week for the 6 mile I paced at 10:48. If I take 1 minute off of todays total time, I paced at about 10:50 - so comparing the two weeks I would say I was about the same. I think thats perfect - I am pacing the same no matter what the distance, and not having any trouble adding the miles. 26.2 HERE I COME!
Progress Made
- Again, longest distance I have ever run in my life - 8 miles!
- Paced about the same as last week - ran with the same girl so I have a feeling she and I are a good match
- Did not eat Sun Chips and chocolate-covered raisins right before the run, so I was feeling pretty good!
- I like running with others. I know some dont like it - but my time flies when I am with someone else - 8 miles really didnt feel like a thing
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