training

This week hasn’t been great, running-wise.

Monday I hit the treadmill after work, doing 5×3:00 at a 10% grade, with 3:00 between. By the end, I was almost walking the rest periods, and I only did 4 miles in total (a mile to warm up, the repeats, then a short cooldown).

Tuesday – I should have run with Meredith, but my eye had been hurting so I went to the doctor and he gave me antibiotics for an eye infection. I decided to use that as an excuse not to be out in the cold

Wednesday – I started class, so no run for me!

Thursday (today) – I worked from home today, so I could make time to run. I went to Sharon Woods. Before I left the house, I thought it didn’t look too cold, so I didn’t even grab a hat — and on the way, I heard on the radio that with the wind chill, it would feel like 13. Brrrr! Still, I knew I wanted to get a decent run in.

Sharon Woods is somewhat marked. It’s a 4 mile loop on a bike path, with hills in the first two miles, and then it flattens out. **Note, for anyone who went to look at the site, the 3.8mile loop actually is marked for 4 miles, there is a marker .2 in so you can get the distance correct.

I was rather cold to begin with, but as I suspected, I warmed up once I started moving. And boy, I was moving!

Mile 1: 8:03 (wha?? I didn’t mean to do that!)
Mile 2.5: 12:19 (stopped and walked a bit to ‘un-bunch’ my sock
Mile 3.5: 7:40
Mile 4: 3:44
First loop: 31:46

Mile 5: 7:38
Mile 6.5: 12:14 (I felt ripped off: only saved 5sec by not walking???)
Mile 3: 3:40
Mile 3.5: 3:37 (“Whoa, if I shave a few secs off, I can run a 7min mile!)
Mile 4: 3:23 (ok, I swear I didnt plan it that well!)

Second loop: 30:36
Total: 62:22 (7:47pace)

Not too bad for just a run in the park!

Tomorrow I have to go into the office and then we’re baby-sitting, so I can’t run with Helen. Hopefully I can get a few easy miles, but if not, I’m happy with today!