After the NY City tri, my husband said we needed some time off. It was good, I did loads of laundry, caught up on work and house work. It was a great week off.
Today starts a new week. I am training for the half marathon Labor Day weekend most specifically. I will keep up with biking and swimming when Brad asks me to join him on those workouts, but I need to totally focus on my running.
I took the girls to Tri team this morning and ran while they ran. I wanted to do a two hour run, really I did, but that would be hard to do when the girls camp is only an hour long. So off they went and off I went. I have to say, at first it felt great, by minute 11, I was thinking I can do this no problem. Then after 1/2 hour I felt a little fatigued. This is when that evil little man in my head starts riding me. "How the heck do you expect to run for two hours if you're dying after 1/2 hour?" So I plowed on, and it felt good again. I did a good 42 minute run with a three minute cool down. I wound up running almost 4.5 miles, so I was running a slower pace then what I wanted, but after not doing anything for a week, and not really focusing on running before but more on all three disciplines, I have to be pleased with my start.
Back to the NY City tri for just a bit, I found a picture of my husband before the swim in the lost and found. I was so excited I sent it to him and then he must have found one too. I had to laugh out loud when I saw it. He had this maniacal, almost twitchy mental patient look in his swim cap and his wetsuit. The smile was definitely One Flew Over the Cuckoos nest. All work and no play makes Brad a dull boy...
So I will run again tomorrow. How long, who knows?? I want to get my stamina up, I want to increase my endurance and I have 5 weeks to do it in. Piece of cake, speaking of pieces of cake, I wonder if we have anything sweet in this house to eat? I need to go rummage in the cupboard...
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