Day Ten, 355 To Go

January 10, 2013

Today was a sad run.  Why, you ask?  Well, because Honey did not come.  It wasn't because she didn't want to, it was because her doctor was just a bit more insistent this time, and we felt it best to listen this time.  She said something about - I don't know the technical term here - her uterus falling out if she didn't listen to her advice. 

So, we decided not to take any chances and she took the day off.  Actually, she will be taking four days off.  I will be running Honeyless until Monday.  Then, hopefully, she will be cleared to start running again.  She is very upset that her streak is going to end, but have no fear Honey!  We will just start another streak.  The goal was to run every day for a year.  Who says the year has to start on January 1st?  A year is 365 days, so whether it starts on 1/1 or 1/14, a year is a year.

Psst...

Psssst...

Honey isn't listening...so, I need to ask all my readers for their help to cheer her up and encourage her to run again.  So leave some comments telling her how inspired you have been by her dedication and perseverance!  Ok...back to the blog...

Ahem, where was I.  Oh, yeah...running...

So, today, I ran by myself.  I ran a bit faster than usual, but, I still stayed within my Aerobic zone.  I pushed the pace to my limit in the Aerobic zone, but I stayed under.  I think if I push the pace too often early, I will never make it the whole year.  I recently read that pro athletes use a method of training called  the Lydiard method.  The method calls for a high volume of training - about 80% low intensity, 10% moderate intensity and 10% at high intensity.  So, basically, that is what I am kind of doing.  Granted, the volume isn't very high, yet, but it will get there.

Most of my runs will be at an easy pace, a few at a moderate pace, and a few at a fast pace.  My hope is that if I continue this pattern, I'll get much faster.  And that is always a good thing!  What I need to start doing now is some cross training.  I need to swim and bike and do some weight lifting/ab work.  I'll do that in all my spare time...oh, yeah.  I don't have any of that!

So, here are my numbers for my run today:

Time: 15:00

Distance: 1.72 miles

Pace: 8:43/m

Max Pace: 7:15/m

Calories: 222

Avg HR: 136

Max HR: 150

Since I burned sooo many calories today, I decided that I earned dinner at Subway where the motto is Eat Fresh!  Yeah...I worked there for like 5 years while I was in college (that prepared me for the real world, right) and there was nothing fresh about it.  In fact, the freshest thing in the store was the beer we kept in the ice machine in the back...among other things...

Well, time to spend some time with Honey...I'm going to attempt to cheer her up.  Wish me luck.

Run for life!!