Running for Lunch

Well, I just finished my 5 mile run today… and yep… I still hate it :P  Biking is fun, Swimming is getting to be more fun (more on that later)… running is still very much a chore.  I’m still surprised at the motivation I have to train for this race.  I don’t think I’d be running even weekly if I didn’t have a goal in mind.   I have been running fairly consistently since September and its gotten easier, I can run oh 20x farther, maybe even a little faster too. However,  I think I might be at a plateau as I’ve noticed myself struggling for the short runs and getting about the same time if not worse.  Maybe a rest week will do me good.  I’m running in the preds ”fangtastic” 5k on 2/14, so I might cut back that week and only run 8 miles + the race on Saturday.   I will try to concentrate more on my swimming and biking (weather permitting, sorry I’m not doing a 25 degree bike ride).

 

All and all my run wasn’t too bad today.  I ran the gravel 1.75 mile loop trail at AEDC.  It was sunny and fairly warm.  I ran in shorts and a long sleeve t-shirt and I should have opted for the short sleeve shirt.  So after 2 and 6/7 of a lap in 47:39.  My GPS was a half a mile off.  I was surprised, I’d have never guessed the thing to be 10% off on a fairly clear day.   There are a few trees, but I’ve had better luck that that with my hand held GPS on backpacking trips when there is actual canopy.   According to the GPS I was booking it haha (I’d be very happy with a 8.66 pace).

 

Ok, back to the swimming.  After our warm up in class yesterday there wasn’t much swimming to be done.  We worked on turns, which will be nice once I get them down.  I made myself a little ill in the pool trying to practice the flip turn.  After about 4 flips in the deep end, I came up dizzy and just never recovered… I kept with practicing just spaced them out.  I still felt pretty ill for the rest of the night.  I think a little had to do with the fact that I didn’t take my antihistamine/decongestant   Monday and the with water in my ears and occasionally my nose… I could see where I’d be feeling ill.   Wednesday should be better as I’ve learned my lesson.  Hopefully we’ll get more of a workout too. 

 

It’s looking like the weather might cooperate with a weekend bike ride this weekend.  I’ll be looking forward to that (until the forecast changes).  I haven’t been out on the bike since I was in New Orleans for Christmas.