3 miles on the treadmill with no breaks in 38:20.
(That is not superhero fast, but it’s right at my most recent 5k pace, which is very very exciting to me.)
The things my legs have learned in the month since my 5k! They are amazing. And my heart rate never went above 174.
I wasn’t even lame about my warmup – I did a total of 3.4 miles, which is my run + .25 mile warm-up and enough cooldown to get my heart rate down to 120.
Sometimes running (and life) seems best viewed with averted vision – everything comes together when I look away.
It sounds silly, but my biggest hurdle in running right now is my brain. As soon as the idea of stopping crosses my mind, I can’t shake it – I end up taking a lot of little breaks that I don’t even think I need (since I could have kept going after my distance was up today). I’ll have to hunt for some tips on how to get my brain on board with my running plan – I’d love to finish Saturday’s long run with fewer breaks than my last long run!
Other than my 20 minute new-job-related meeting this morning I did nothing but watch TV, do housework, catch up on online chores, and work out. After my run, I did weighted wide squats, shoulder presses, bicep curls, tricep extensions, shoulder flies, and lunges.
And all I ate today:
Seriously – for breakfast and lunch I had some plain Mary’s Gone Crackers with Kirsch cheese and economy Brie (a cheap celebration, what can I say?) I finished off yesterday’s green monster, too.
I also had a piece out of the tiny Whitman’s Sampler we got on a whim last night:
A new grocery store had its grand opening and we were tempted into buying all sorts of things that were out of character. Sadly, they didn’t carry most of our favorite products in their organic sections. We had a good time nonetheless – they have a cheap fresh fruit bar and a big salad bar, so I could see us stopping by for the “lazy lunch” that we end up eating on weekends around 4 p.m.
I’m off to do an ab workout and get ready for dinner, whatever that will be. We tend to cook for ourselves most nights since he loves pasta and bread and I can’t eat them, but I was hoping to step up to the (dinner) plate and cook a few special meals during my time off. I don’t know if I’m up to doing it 24/7, but it’s kind of fun to play “housewife” so far.