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Jenny and I had another great speed interval run yesterday - it was really windy and bitterly cold, but we blasted through our quarter-mile intervals! We ran a couple of different loops around our usual park - they've added a new paved path, so we tried it out. Turns out that one entire interval went up, up, up hill - whew, that was hard! I thought for sure our pace would have been super slow for that one (it FELT like we were hardly moving), but when I looked at our stats afterward, it wasn't that bad. Still, we discovered one loop where we went downhill the entire way, and I'm conniving to see if we can't make it so we always run the downhill and walk the uphill - sure, that may not be the wisest decision, but honestly, it'll be the funnest! Who says running always has to be a challenge - I think just letting go and having a blast with it will keep us coming back for more!
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I'd say this week is a taper week, but quite honestly, I don't run all that much during the week, so it's pretty much the same as always. I'm actually planning on adding another day of running after the half marathon - well, not the first week...I'll be in recovery mode. But I have plans for bumping up my workouts a bit; I'm feeling really energized and ready to do a bit more - I'm telling you, changing up my running is really making a difference in how zesty I'm feeling!
It makes me happy to read that running is so much fun lately. I sometimes feel that if you start running, it is to be expected that you do a 5K-10K-half-full otherwise it doesn't count or something.
ReplyDeleteJust like in the old days when you got engaged, bought a house, got some children. If you didn't do that you were weird. I made the decision not to marry and that we don't have children is a self made decision too and 20 years ago people thought we were weird because of that. I feel some runners approach running the same way.
I want do do a half once in my life (preferably this year) but after that I might just stick to 10K max or maybe a 10 miler. I just don't know yet, I'll do whatever makes me happy, like you are doing now.
You are right with the running assessment - so many people seem to feel like they have to run all the distances - a rite of passage with runners, I guess. While I like the excitement of the half marathon, my body and my mind don't seem to, so I need to start listening to them. And it's just plain FUN to run a few miles!
DeleteHear hear!
DeleteSame here. After my half on mar 17 I am taking a rest!
ReplyDeleteA well-deserved one at that!
Deleteyou HAD and LOST me on that first sentence...
ReplyDeleteSo glad to hear that windy run went so well. And you know, 5 or 6 miles is not a short distance at all. I wonder if, when you start running short distances more frequently, your overall mileage will actually increase. That would be really interesting.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if it might increase, too...that would be funny, actually!
DeleteI love your interval training Shelley - and that you are pain free after shorter (which 6 miles is NOT short in my opinion :D ) you are pain free - icing on the cake!
ReplyDeleteHaha, I will take that icing! :)
Delete"Zesty"...LOVE that word applied to working out! Can't wait to hear all about Saturday!! Here's wishing you a pain-free run and painless recovery :)
ReplyDeleteI know zesty sounds slightly like a certain soap, but it was the perfect descriptor of how I've been feeling. :)
DeleteMy comment got eaten up. Trying again. I am loving how much you are loving running. It really comes through in your posts now. Have a fantabulous half!
ReplyDeleteI really want to get my bike outside now. I want that good feeling again.
Thanks - and there's nothing like that good feeling, right?
DeleteI love this post and I love that you feel so great. It's contagious! Exercise without pain is a total blessing.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing to me how in tune you are with your body and your running. Oh and p.s. six miles is not short :)
LOL, I know that I'm in some weird universe to think that 6 miles is short...give me a month, and I'll go back to knowing that it's a long distance. :)
DeleteGood luck with your half!
ReplyDeleteHave a great time at your Half Shelley! I can't wait to read all about it.
ReplyDeleteYou must be having a good time with running, because the joy is coming out in your posts. Your excitement is contagious.
ReplyDeleteYay for enjoying running again!
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