For whatever reason, I've been hitting snooze all week. I skipped my Monday speed work, I skipped my Tuesday swim, and I skipped my Wednesday morning run. I'm not sure what's going on, but I started to come out of my rut Wednesday morning at work. I decided to run a 5k at lunch again. By lunch time, it was 34 degrees out. I had a tail wind for the first half, and cruised right along. When I turned around I felt the head wind, making my eyes water.
According to my Garmin, I ran 3.16 miles in 30:34.21 for a total average pace of 9:41m/m. I burned 306 calories and had an average heart rate of 164bpm. My HR maxed at 180bpm. I actually had mile 1 and 3 at 9:30m/m and mile 2 around 10:00m/m. I wasn't trying to think about pace, I was just jogging along thinking about the Little Miami Triathlon I'll be doing in June. It's such a fun race. I can't wait to PR it. I'm way ahead of myself from January 2012, so I see lots of fast times this season. I don't know that my half marathons will get much faster. I'd love to run one (I have 2 or 3 this season) in around 2:00:00, but that's 9:09m/m pace and I'm still a long way from that.
I also have my first real triathlon in May, the Tri for Joe. It benefits down syndrome, and takes place at the Coney Island pool on Kellogg. It's a 700 meter swim, or about 30 laps in the pool, then a 20k bike ride (about 12.4 miles) and finished with a 5k. It will be fast. I cannot wait.
Tri for Joe 2013 link: http://dsagc.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.event&eventID=573
After work I was hanging with the kids and I had them doing pushups and planks before bed. The week has kind of been a loss, missing 9 miles of running (5 Monday, 7 today, and I only ran 3) and missing my favorite exercise - swimming. I need to get on the ball! Each day I miss puts me another day behind!
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