Day 200, 165 To Go

July 19, 2013

Why the balloons you ask?  I'll tell you why!  Its because today is the 200th day I have run in a row this year!  WHOOHOOO!!  Only 165 days to go.  Then I can take a few months off and get fat.  I can't wait!

Ok, I won't just sit on my ass and get fat. In fact, I may continue to run every day.  I haven't made up my mind yet.  I know I won't run as much every day as I am running now.  I may set a lower limit of at least 1 mile which will just take about 10 minutes.  I don't think it will hurt any targeted training I need to do, even if I have a supposed off day.

That is the future.  How about I talk about the present...today!  Today, I thought it was a good time to make Honey do another interval workout.  Somehow, she agreed.  Another big milestone in Honey's transformation from a couch sweet potato to full on runner was something she said the other day:

"I'm beginning to not hate running anymore."

This is huge.  In fact, I remember about 10 years ago or so I said the very same thing.  This did not make Honey happy and she proceeded to break down and cry and wonder aloud if this meant she had to run a marathon or do a triathlon or fart a whole lot.  I told her no, it doesn't (at least for the first two).

The intervals today were similar to last week except that her fast intervals were faster.  She hit about a 9:15 pace for all the intervals this time.  She held on until the end and was able to finish, so either last week she was dogging it or she is just a fast learner.

Here are our overall numbers:

Time: 25:00

Distance: 2.20 miles

Pace: 11:21/m

Max Pace: 8:08/m

Calories: 189
Avg HR: 118

Max HR: 134

The overall pace was a nice 11:21 which brings Honey's streak of sub 12 min miles to three days in a row.  Way to go Honey!

Next week, she will probably have to do it again.  Should I push her to run 8:15?  No, probably not, but 9 is a possibility.  At some point, we will find her optimal pace for intervals.  And at some point, she will pass that pace and we'll have to adjust again.  That's the goal...to get faster!

Run for Life!