Getting up at 5am on a Saturday is not my cup of tea. That is why I left hospital nursing many years ago so that I could work a M-F job and "sleep in on the weekends". Oh well. There was CERTAINLY a good reason to be up this early today...to participate in training for one of the BEST THINGS I HAVE EVER DONE FOR MYSELF. I just finished talking to my husband about how much I am learning about my body with the MM project. I have never stuck with exercising long enough to actually see such progress that I have seen since February. It is so exciting and SO REWARDING, as well as a confidence builder. Thank you Mark, Robin, Matt!
Today was the first time I have done The FLEET FEET route. I was "unpleasantly surprised" to see "them thar hills". I started out with intervals of walking 5 minutes and running 3 minutes. However, due to all the hills , I quickly decided to run when it was flat or downhill, and walk with the uphills. That worked out well for me and my time was better than ever. I wogged alone until the very end and then met up with Vickie and Mary and finished up with them. When we got to the last hill, I told them to keep running because I was going to walk the hill. But, no, Mary would not accept that and STRONGLY, but gently, encouraged me to keep running. She is the reason I ran the last hill...thank you Mary...it was cool to run back to the group, just like you said!
I had prepared a bottle of Endurox and left it in the refrigerator to drink when I returned so I would not be "wiped out" all weekend, but decided that I did not really need it with doing "only six miles". (that is not me talking!) Since I was up SO EARLY, I decided to take a nap so I left a note for my husband to drink the Endurox since he was doing a 20 miler on his road bike. He said it tasted great...it was the kiwi strawberry flavor. One of the girls who works at FLEET FEET told me she swears by that Endurox. She makes up a bottle of it, puts in the 'frig, and when she gets in from a long run, she puts it in the blender with ice and it makes a great smoothie. I had read other blogger comments about how well it helps you recover after a long run. I will definitely be making that smoothie after next weeks' "halver"...I want to have celebratory energy at our party later that evening! Gotta train everyday this week...everyday!
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Great attitude!!! You are doing great!
try 2:1 intervals and see how that works. If you run, you get diminishing returns if you walk more than 2 minutes.
Ooh! You did good. This may mean that you have to leave me behind on the long distance runs because I think I'll hold you back! I'm about to go do my 6 miles in my hilly neighborhood. My mom is going to walk a couple with me!
PS I put Wayne's friend on the prayer list at Pine Lake! My dad's sight is coming back in one eye! He is reading right now!! The power of prayer DOES work!
Cheryl, how did I not see you on Saturday? I thought you weren't there? How weird is that??!!! I STILL miss you, but I'm thrilled to hear that you are doing so well. Keep up the great work! NEXT SATURDAY, for sure!
I know what you mean by the Saturday gig especially when I don't get home from work until 7:30 pm on Friday night and then not be able to sleep (even though you know your alarm clock works....). I think I'm more tired before the run than after. I've also ordered some Endurox due to the sample I took last week after 12 miles. I was able to run on Mondays for the first time. (I normally don't due to being too sore.)
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