These weeks were pretty similar- and gotta say, feeling like a rock star!! I am managing to keep up with xtraining, and the long runs arent tough at all. Biggest hurtle is the tempo and speed runs on Wednesdays. It just happens to be the coldest day of the week EVERY time. Hmmmm, conspiracy?? Pretty hard to maintain a good pace, let alone a fast one, when it is 0 or below. So, basically- I keep the best pace I can and just dont let myself quit.
Saturday- 9 miles; moved this to Friday. Drove around for 15 minutes (thats a lot b/c this is a tiny a** town!) just to find a clear route. Unfortunately the only one was the highway heading east, so parked and ran... Noticed my tummy rumbling during the warm up and wondered if I was in for trouble. Cant be good to head out on a 9 mile run starving and with no water, no nothing! But- hey- did it!! Really like pushing my body on empty as much as possible. Makes me feel tougher, but I think we all know thats a bunch of crap. I mean, in the end, the epidural or natural doesnt make us a different mom, just makes one of us in a better mood :)
Pace is improving as the weather warms a bit and roads clear more. Whew, I was worried about my inability to get above 10mm and hold it! Long run of 10 miles rocked!! This time I took water and changed my route. Made it thru town to alleviate the boredome. Took two trys (Friday was a mis failure) but Saturday was da bomb!! Still feelin good!
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