running

Not thrilled with this one.  Did manage to beat one of my boys but the other one played with me like a cat with a mouse.  He would run a little bit ahead then walk and let me catch up.  Then he would run ahead again and walk and wait for me to catch up.  Last quarter mile he just took off and ran.  I don't know how much faster he could have run today but he executed his race perfectly and beat his mom.  That was his mission.  I am so proud of my guys for running with me they much prefer the mud runs.

I can't really explain why I didn't have more in the tank today.  I expected 8:20 to 8:30.  Two faster workouts last week might be the problem.  Too much cake and ice cream might also be a contributing factor.  I am about 5 pounds heavier than when I last ran this course.  Still the last 5k I ran I was just coming off an injury and had done much less training and ran in almost exactly the same time as today.  Now I just want to find another one to run soon.

9 min per mile average.  Fastest I have run since before hip injury.  Ran the first 5 miles purely on emotion.  I was angry about not running better on Sunday, angry that I will probably need surgery on my finger, angry that our house isn't bigger and cleaner, angry that there just isn't enough time in the day to get everything done, angry that I am so fat (BMI 23) and old...  It felt good to just let all of that go in the run.  Life is good and my complains are truely silly once they are put into perspective.  Last two miles I was no longer angry.  I decided to maintain the pace and it became much harder without the emotion driving me but I finished.

Hoping that I didn't leave next Sunday's race out on the roads today.

Middle 4 at 8:41, 8:34, 8:27, 8:21. So easy to do that on the treadmill. Wanted to run fast enough to get some benefit but not so fast as to burn out on Sunday. Will see if I was successful. Not sure what I expect to run. I guess I will try to keep it around 8:45 in the beginning and see if I can pass some people at the end.

Nice and easy.