Ok, so admittedly I've had trouble staying on top of this. But I'm making it a new goal to post on here at least twice a week. Today was a really strange day - woke up to go to the pool (and coach) this morning… and it was snowing, like really coming down snow. So came home, had a nap (day off work today) and started on the errands/plans I had. My intention was to wait out the weather in hopes it would get better. And WOW - did it ever get better. Temps got up to 11 degrees, and when I stepped out for my 8k run (after a minor disagreement with my Garmin - which I ultimately won) it was perfect shorts-tshirt running weather. It was quite windy - so there were sections of my route that were not so much fun. But - really - I'll take it over the cold, and the snow. Finally able to run without a bazillion layers.
I ran 8k and when I started out today I was supposed to run an easy 45min and I honestly thought I was. But it turns out I was averaging about 5:31/km which had me finishing my 45min run after having completed about 8km. I was a little surprised, haven't been able to run that kind of speed in a very long time and especially not over that distance. I didn't even feel gassed at the end - all positive signs that the fitness is improving and my run times are finally starting to come down. Now I'm seriously thinking of signing up for the Toronto Half Marathon on May 5th as I think a PB could be a distinct possibility!
This weekend coming up will be seriously hard on the training plan - I'm heading to Niagara Falls Thursday night to work as an AT at the National Cheerleading competition. It's basically 3 x 15-16 hour days and it's physically and emotionally draining. The plan is to do a long run tomorrow, and then hopefully get a spin in on Thursday, but either way I'm brining my bike in for a much needed tune-up sometime Thursday. Luckily - being away for the weekend means that I don't really need it so I don't need them to rush to get it done. Fingers crossed I'll be riding on the road very VERY soon (the trainer is just so freaking boring and it has been a VERY long winter of trainer/treadmill workouts)
I'm hoping to get out for at the very least a short run on the weekend but won't be too hard on myself if I can't. Sometimes work has to take priority.
I am happy that so far training seems to be humming along quite well. Work a very long day yesterday but still managed to get on the bike for an hour after my 11 hour workday was finally done! Small progress - getting little workouts done one day at a time!
Hoping for some nice weather for tomorrows long run - 18k or so would be great to have the sun and the warmth again :) It really is days like today that remind me how much I enjoy running - fingers crossed the winter is finally coming to a real end and I can get on with the business of training hard for Mt. Tremblant 70.3 and of course the big one - Mt. Tremblant Ironman on August 17!!!! So exciting!
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