After my last two disasters, I decided to slow things down today. I woke up with some very stiff legs and contemplated taking the day off. Once again I coaxed myself out the door knowing that some movement in my legs coupled with a lot of water would help me recover and make tomorrow’s 8 mile run a little easier. Instead of shooting for 8 minute miles, I aimed for 8:30 miles. Like Saturday, my heart rate was running about 10 beats per minute above my usual and it was a tough run. I managed to finish in the goal time without a walk break, though. I will admit that I prayed for traffic a couple times at my major road crossings and was once rewarded with a 15 second reprieve while I waited for the traffic to pass.
On another note, I received my Disney marathon packet today. My race number is 15797. That lifted my spirits quite a bit.
Planned workout
8 minutes warmup
4 miles at 8:30 pace
8 minutes cool down
Actual workout
8 minutes warmup
4 miles at 8:19 pace
8 minutes cool down
No fair, we have not recieved our packets yet. But that probably means they will be in the mail this week. I have actually slowed down so that I would hit a red light. Sort of cheating but not really.