There is always the scenery.(Desiree Ficker, running in the Irongirl Tri in Texas)
(with thanks to www.desireeficker.com)
Now that I have your...ahem....complete attention, I think I did pretty damn good on my run today. Not very fast, mind you, (You don't even want to know how fast my stubby little legs would have to move in order to keep up with the picture above) but still good for me.
After I finished 1-3.25 mi lap, I was feeling pretty good and even better on time, so whats one more lap? Unfortunately, there were some ominous clouds beginning to follow me, so I had to change it up a bit. My total for today was about 5.5 mi (maybe 5.9, google maps isn't accurate enough to tell the difference in where I turned around) and 1:20 for the time. The strange thing is that after an hour of running, I was able to go faster! Miles 4 and 5 went by much quicker than 1-3. OTOH, no stoplights on the "2nd lap." Now I admit I had to walk a bit on some hills, but no more than 30 sec at a time. Like I said, pretty damn good for me.
I've decided to kick my training up one more notch to get ready for this tri. I've opted for a daily run, biking 3 x week and swimming twice a week. I may have to modify the bike portion though, since I liked the outdoor rides so much and those aren't really exercise. I've already warned Becca, asked permission as well, since it will obviously take a couple days of 2 x day workouts to do this. With any real luck I'll get somewhere near my goal of 1:30 for the tri. Fingers crossed.
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