One of my secret wishes was that the weight I've lost this year would positively impact my running pace without much real effort from me. I think that's actually happening as the pace right around 11:00 is becoming easier for me. I think before it was more like 11:20-11:40.
We've had massive rains (yes this is a huge problem for those of us that farm). So it's been humid even if the temps haven't been sky high. Of course today we have a heat advisory with a heat index expected to reach 105. I saw that coming. Flood us first and then hit us with dangerous heat. Thanks mother nature.
I got up Saturday morning and saw an overcast sky and decided I wasn't pressing my luck - 5 mile run - GO! I had a great run! I've been wanting to see if I could get a sub 11:00 avg pace in 5 miles and I finally did it! I will say that I busted ass on the last half mile cause I realized how close I was to making the goal. Whoop!
Sunday morning rolled around and it was a 3 mile run scheduled. I wanted to hit the pavement early cause I knew I had to clean Eli's stall and I was also going to ride him. He's been stuck inside for over a week thanks to this tropical storm we've had going on here in IL. *eye roll* So I've been working him every day with the plan that he gets today (Monday) off due to heat. I woke up Sunday morning to thunder. What the what?! More rain? Come on! I was getting ready and my husband told me it was lightening. Oh well. I said I'll call you if I want you go come and get me. I didn't really think the storm would hit us. My expert meteorological knowledge lead me to believe it would go north of me. So off I went. Run! Run fast! Beat the rain. I went out a mile and turned around. I figured I'd go back and forth on my actual road after that to get the distance so I was closer to home should something happen. When I turned around - lightening! Then more lightening that made be flinch. The rain was picking up. Umm. . . texted hubby told him where to come get me and started heading kind of away from the storm. He got me at mile 2.28. I was booking it though. I'm so bummed I couldn't get all 3 in. It might have been my fastest 5K!
So back to the house we go. I'm anal - I need to get the rest of that mile in. But how long do I wait. I decide to do Chalean Extreme during my rain delay.
Haven't I been blabbing about doing more weights? Haven't I been promising myself I'm going to build some muscle? My husband got the weights out like 2 or 3 weeks ago and there they sat. So I tell my husband I'm going to do this. . . he says the storm is past. Oh well. . . . my mind is made up. So I do Burn 1. Then I go back out and hit another mile. Holy hell! My legs felt so heavy. As you can see above that one mile is much slower. I'm so sad I couldn't finish those three miles before the storm. There's nothing like a storm coming to make you run fast! I did 3 miles that way a could years ago, before I had my Garmin and I'm pretty sure I rocked it! However the rain delay did cause me to workout more than I planned. So that's a win. And I'm *sore* today. I need to commit to continuing with this program a few times a week and see if I can get some muscle tone back. The scale is sitting still again, back in the 180-181 range unfortunately. I really would like to see 176 before I go to Canada.
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