Come to think of it, I'm not all that sure I really had any water in the last 48-72 hours.. hmm.
Either way, sick or dehydrated - It occurred to me that today's run should probably be a relatively easy one. I couldn't see going out and killing myself helping either of these situations, so starting speed work up was put off.
I did head out on a different route, thinking it might help expand the distance a little. I had been at 2.7, so around 3 miles is where my standard run should be now. This loop blew it again.. Instead of increasing it by .3 miles, I ran .5 miles further.
I kept it at a comfortable pace, trying to make sure that (other than the beginning of the run - where my legs wonder what on earth I am asking them to do) there was no real un-comfortableness, struggling, or pain in my legs. I also made sure my breathing wasn't labored. I felt like I was going really easily - and figured I would be at 9:30 or 10 minutes when I hit the mile marker..
Needless to say, I was pretty surprised when it told me 8:33. When I heard that I had sped up a bit for mile 2 and then again for mile 3 - I was VERY surprised! Now I know that would only be a 26:30ish 5k - a long way from my 22:51 PR in the 5k (7:21 pace), but it tells me that I am getting back on track! I felt like I could have done several more miles at that pace, even considering my hydration state!
I have a lot of hope for this year.. I'm keeping my base building to a slow pace.. I'm feeling good!
Great job! I nearly got sick this week and I'm very anti-medication but I have been feeling a little bad lately and didn't want to feel like I should just lay in bed forever so I drank a little of that Mucinex thing and my goodness, I never sneezed again but it gave me this kind of headache where you just feel like your head's gonna blow off. Thankfully it went away a day and a half later but it killed me. Why bring this up? Because dry throats to me are like a headache! lol
ReplyDeleteBut yeah, you're doing great! & I'm finally catching up on all the posts! :D