Today I finally felt up to par enough to get back on my training schedule and keep up with my race preparation. I was at a bit of a time crunch since I wanted to put in an extra hour at work (to make up for taking sick time on Tuesday) and I had a newbie dinner with an executive of my company at 6pm. Instead of skipping my workout and pigging out on free and yummy food, I decided to push myself and run the fastest 5K I could.
The result? I ran with an 11:36 minute/mile, which wasn't my fastest, but was still challenging after a few days of sickness. I actually ran faster (11:03) the previous Friday in Lodi with more hills, not on a treadmill, which I thought was strange.
I decided to take a picture of my sweaty self before madly dashing to dinner, so here ya go:
Cotton makes workouts look WAY more impressive/sweaty.
I also decided to finally mark up the ol' calendar with my training regimen. I'm a bit further along than I "should" be according to "The Non Runner's Marathon Guide For Women", but I'm viewing this as a good thing; allowing me to focus on speed the second time around. Tomorrow is a rest day (which I might cross train for since I skipped so many days earlier this week) and I have a 3 mile run on Saturday. Hopefully I can push for under an 11 min/mile!
I'm hoping to take some measurements before my next blog and record those so I can let the cyber world know my physiological changes as well as my physical accomplishments during this journey. So... don't judge ;)
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