August, 2012 Monthly Archive

One Week to go for Disney

Distance: 7.0km Time: 52:47: Pace: 7’32 kCal: 829 Heart: NA RPE: 3 Type: 45min easy


Wow. What a nice enjoyable run this morning.

After the last few weeks, I thought I was going to die. Today’s weather was in the mid 60’s when I started and 45 minutes later I STILL had a smile on my face.

The break in the weather has now given me hope that I can actually make it through next week’s Disney Challenge without dragging my tongue along the pavement.

Uhm… I think I should point out one small flaw in my running.

I don’t hydrate. So just maybe that was one of the reasons for the last two weeks of torture. I’m a minimist when it comes to running. I try to carry as little as possible. Even my Nano is too big sometimes! And a water bottle…? HA!

I know I’ve got to be more ‘responsible’ – and I do mean too…
Especially when I started dreaming about eating grapes with Cleopatra 1/2 way through last Saturday’s run.
I promise.

But for today, grapes never came into my thoughts.
Only the gorgeous sunrise breaking through the trees as I ran along the park path.

A New 5K PR – But Wrong Direction!

Distance: 5.2km Time: 39:06 Pace: 7’32 kCal: 2,195 Heart: 141/199 RPE: 4 Type: 5K Race

This month has been so hot and between earthquakes and heat waves, running has not been #1 on the list. It’s around this time that I start looking for fitness gyms to get on the treadmills.

Yes – I know most of my friends out there do this in the winter months when it’s -20° …

Oh how I would love a little cold weather right now.

But be that as it may, I’ve been trying to get out and run. The sad part is that my running pace has gotten so slow, that it’s embarrassing! As a matter of fact, I got a new PR – in the opposite direction!

I ran the OC Fair Run last weekend to post a time of 39 min. WHAAT!!
I can almost walk it in that time! What happened to 30 minutes!?!
But I figured it out while running on the beach a few days ago. My stride is 1/2 – 1/3 of what it used to be. Ooooh boy…

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