....yes. That Dennis.
Why you ask? First of all, if you have not seen Run, Fat Boy, Run stop reading this post and go watch it. Immediately.
You're back? Oh good. Moving on!
So, it SNOWED here today. Seventy degrees yesterday, snow today. It was also my first brick (bike/run) workout. Since I'm not all about biking in the snow, I hooked Honey up to the trainer & let Coach Troy yell at me for the duration of his "Suffer-o-Rama" DVD. Sounds like fun, no? It actually wasn't so bad. Really. The point of a brick workout is to get your legs used to running when they're tired, so after 45 minutes of suffering, I threw on my tights and sleeves, grabbed the dog and headed outside.
And immediately fell off the first step coming out of my front door. Smooth Dennis, very smooth.
Frick. I should have seen that one coming. After all, God does have a sense of humor.
After recovering, Champ and I hopped in the Exploder and drove down to the canal bank so we could run somewhere flat. Don't judge me - if I were to run from my front step, it would be a half mile uphill climb to get home. The goal for today's run was 15 minutes with negative splits, keeping the heart rate low. I am always amazed at how my legs function after biking. I feel like I felt like I was moving in slow motion, but when I check my time I was running at a 7:40 pace! My first mile was 7:54!! For the first brick of the season? That's a very good sign in my book. I had to walk a little bit at the halfway point, but for the most part was able to run the whole thing. Ended up doing 1.93 miles in 15:58. If I can keep that pace for 3.1 miles, that puts me at around 24:00 for a 5K. That's a whole 6 minutes faster than last year! Wohoo!
The exciting part, is that I PR'd in the first week of training (in running and swimming). The even better part is that I'm not supposed to peak for another 8 weeks - I wonder what I can do in that amount of time!
I'm going to go stretch and have a piece of carrot cake to celebrate. I can't wait to swim tomorrow!
Nicely done. Really, well-played.
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