Day 148, 217 To Go

May 28, 2013

I need to stay nice and loose this week for my race on Sunday.  It is hard to stay loose when you are sitting all day, but I do my best to get up and move around as much as my work will allow.  Sometimes, that isn't too much.  Looks like we have a bunch of people out this week because of vacation and sickness, and I get to do their work.

So, I sat on my butt a little too much today.  I did get up and do some pull ups as today was a back workout day.  See, I haven't completely forgotten about my strength training!  I will skip the legs this week since last week I was hurting for days and I don't want that this week.  Besides, how much stronger can I get anyway?  Pretty much, at this point, my goal is to not lose fitness, not to gain any more. 

Today, I ran a nice clip but I didn't push at all.  Some days, it just comes easy.  Some days, I want to shoot myself in the foot so I have an excuse not to run.  Today was not one of those days.

No Honey today since her butt was not cooperating.  Poor Honey.  I offered to rub her butt, but she didn't want me too because it hurt.  Some girls like it when it hurts, I told her.  I knew I was safe from her wrath since she couldn't get up, so that is why I said it, but I know she was mentally kicking me in the face.  HA!  Score one for me!

So, here are my numbers for today:

Time: 20:00

Distance: 2.34 miles

Pace: 8:33/m

Max Pace: 6:57/m

Calories: 301
Avg HR: 138

Max HR: 150

I seem to settle in at around an 8:30 pace on my good days.  I am only a few days away from doing my monthly review, so I am interested to see if I see an obvious pattern of improvement.  I have been on a plateau for months, so I am excited that I may finally have broken through it.  How much farther can I go?  I know if I was doing more targeted runs, I could improve my speed much more, but I wouldn't be able to run every day.  That is my dilemma.  Oh well.  I made my bed, time for me to crawl up into it...I'm tired.  Night, night peoples...

Run for Life!