Happy Friday Eve (well, guess it is almost Friday now)! Hope your week has gone well. Progressing along here. Been a bit slack on my blog posting this week… Sorry about that but I’ve been working hard. Let me bring you up to date.
Tuesday night I went to the 5:45 pm spin class at the gym. I am so in love with spinning. It is such an awesome workout and great for those lower body muscles that don’t get worked when I’m running. I could easily see myself reaching a point where I try to spin 4 or 5 times a week. Shooting for 2 this week already… 
Wednesday was speed work. The training plan called for 5 minutes at tempo pace and 1 minute of brisk walking repeated 3 times. So, I started out with my 5-minute warm up (as usual)…then 5 minute run and hit it at a 12:00 minute mile pace…hoping I wouldn’t pay for that before the speed work was over. The I ran 5 minutes at a 10:45 minute pace…walk 1 at 15:00 minute mile…no problem. Repeated it…was starting to feel it at the very end but not that bad. And then again…by the end I could feel it but made it to the end. Then I went back down to a 12:00 minute mile pace and banged out another 30 minutes…total was 5.2 miles in 62 minutes…the total overall pace – 10:52/mile. This is a small improvement…we’ll take it. It felt really good!!
Today was just a normal run day. I had hoped to run outside since I was on the treadmill yesterday but the weather was not cooperating. Rainy and cold all day. So, I banged out an easy 45-minute run on the treadmill. Started out at a 12:00 minute mile pace but after 10 minutes I was feeling that. So, backed off to about 12:30 and that was manageable. Walked 2 minutes just a little over halfway and ended strong able to maintain the 12:30 pace the rest of the way. Pretty cool!!
Also today I registered for two more races…both this month and both the week of Thanksgiving. One is a 5k on that Tuesday and then the second is an 8k Turkey Trot on Turkey Day. Looking forward to both runs. I’ve done both before and they’re a lot of fun and then I won’t have to feel so bad about indulging on Turkey Day. I’m going to EARN my Thanksgiving day dinner…
Tomorrow is cross-training. I’m scheduled to drive to the beach and back tomorrow for work. I have to go over some things with one of the hotels I’m working with. This means I’ll spend the bulk of my day in the car. Sounds like fun doesn’t it? Wish I could stay one night…but not in my schedule right now. So, I’m going to have to get up and get my workout done in the morning. And yes, the alarm is set for 4:30 am…going to try and make that 5:30 am spin class. If at first you don’t succeed…try, try again. I’ll try again…
But since I’ll be traveling all day tomorrow…and Saturday is a long run (6 miles) followed by my one-shift this week at the grocery store it may be Sunday before I get to post again. I may try to post sooner…would hate for my Roadies to go into withdrawals…LOL!! I know you’re just hold your breath and wait my next intelligent, wildly amusing commentary… But should that be the case I wish you a FABULOUS Friday and a WONDERFUL weekend! Until next time, keep trying and you will succeed.
