On This Day I Can Run...So I Will!

Ran 5 miles through my hood today.  It was hazy, hot, and humid but a great start for my week.  My goal is 5 again tomorrow.

AP:  9:50 

Went to the gym to do my run on the treadmill.  Went to the 1st treadmill, hung my magazine, put my water bottle in the holder, hung my towel, plugged in my headphones, started the machine...then I realized the belt was broken.  So I gathered all my stuff (only 3 out of 20 treadmills are available) moved to another treadmill in a different row.  I hung my magazine, put my water bottle in the holder, hung my towel, etc, etc, ... when I pushed the buttons to start nothing happened.  The machine was completely dead.  Soooo, I moved to the last available machine.  This time I tested it before hanging up my magazine, etc. etc.  Success!  It was my lucky day.  

Time flew by as I read my magazine (Literacy Centers for 3rd Grade), and watched "Kardachians" ( I really tried not to watch it but got sucked in).   

My goal for tomorrow is 5 miles and some strength and core training. 

Tired this morning so I only squeezed out 3 miles.  I didn't do any strength training either.  I couldn't think of any good excuses other than I just didn't feel like it!

Tomorrow I will spin in the morning and try an evening run again. 

Had an aggressive spinning class today.  It was great!

Thunderstorms rolled in again this evening and cancelled my evening run with my friend.  We are going to try again next thursday. 

I couldn't find a good pace this morning.  I set out with the goal of running 10-12 miles.  After mile 3, I decided to make this a fartlek run instead of a long run.

 It felt great to just sprint as fast as I could.  I felt like I was in high school again, running the 50 yard dash.  My sprints were short and followed with a short walk but even with walking I managed to keep my AP at 9:56.  

It was humid but overcast and not as hot.  Great day!