End of the week already
I haven't had as much time to run and blog this week. I'm back to getting up early for work. Alarm goes off at 5:30 to get me to my desk before 8:00. Then I'm back home a little before 7:00 and this week I was at the church for tithing settlement late on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Monday Kristi tried to get me to postpone my 8 mile run. She had made me a nice dinner to celebrate my new job. It was very sweet of her, so I ate light and headed out. It was 8:00 when I started and for the first time in a while I really didn't want to go. I was suppose to keep my slow steady pace of 10:17. I averaged 9:47. AHR 164 Max 174. As I got back close to home at mile 6 I really wanted to wrap it up and go sit on the toilet, but I did the last two miles anyway.
I missed my three mile easy run yesterday, and I've got a work party tomorrow night so I went ahead and did my tempo run tonight. Six miles total; warm-up; four miles at 8:48 (I did a 8:50 pace); and a cool down. Honestly the 8:50 was tough. I'm pretty tired getting less than 7 hours a night this week when I'm used to a solid 8+. Plus using my brain again is tiring too. And to complain even more I ate a sandwich before I went because I was starving and that just sat in my stomach. But I did it even thought I just wanted to sit my fat butt down for a rest then go to bed.
I'm determined to finish out this schedule and get faster. Hopefully it won't be as tough to get it all in after a couple of weeks. I'm busten my butt and I'm still slow. You two make me jealous. Well, at least it gives me something to work towards.
Monday Kristi tried to get me to postpone my 8 mile run. She had made me a nice dinner to celebrate my new job. It was very sweet of her, so I ate light and headed out. It was 8:00 when I started and for the first time in a while I really didn't want to go. I was suppose to keep my slow steady pace of 10:17. I averaged 9:47. AHR 164 Max 174. As I got back close to home at mile 6 I really wanted to wrap it up and go sit on the toilet, but I did the last two miles anyway.
I missed my three mile easy run yesterday, and I've got a work party tomorrow night so I went ahead and did my tempo run tonight. Six miles total; warm-up; four miles at 8:48 (I did a 8:50 pace); and a cool down. Honestly the 8:50 was tough. I'm pretty tired getting less than 7 hours a night this week when I'm used to a solid 8+. Plus using my brain again is tiring too. And to complain even more I ate a sandwich before I went because I was starving and that just sat in my stomach. But I did it even thought I just wanted to sit my fat butt down for a rest then go to bed.
I'm determined to finish out this schedule and get faster. Hopefully it won't be as tough to get it all in after a couple of weeks. I'm busten my butt and I'm still slow. You two make me jealous. Well, at least it gives me something to work towards.
posted by Jason Fletcher at 9:37 PM
1 Comments:
you make me jealous. A real job, where you get paid real money. And, there is no way that I can run after I eat. Three hours of digestion minimum. Mike makes me jealous. Oh, I think I will just wander down to the track after months off and turn out 5 miles at 8:15 pace. You have to be freaking joking, right? Anyway, good work Jason, long runs even when you are so busy, very impressed. Keep it up, I am excited to see the improvement as well.
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