Heather's Training - Week 16

Training Day #39 - September 7, 2010

Betsy joined me at the gym tonight. I needed the motivation to get my butt movin’. We weren’t planning on trying to pace each other, it was just nice to have a running buddy. I got there a few minutes before she did, so I was able to get my warm up walk and stretch done before she got there.

I hit 15 minutes at a good run before I took a break. I was wheezing pretty bad at that point. Damn seasonal allergies. I wasn’t quite at 1.5 miles, but I needed to walk it out for a bit. The remaining time was spent walking and running on and off, with a few pauses in the time to catch my breath.

Just like all my runs, it wasn’t pretty, but I got the job done. I finished in 34 minutes on the nose and I was very glad to be finished.

There’s a good possibility that I wouldn’t have ran the entire 5K if Betsy wasn’t there. I spent most of the last 20 minutes counting down the time one second at a time. But, I figured if she was still running, I could do the same. Turns out my running was what was keeping her going too. Hey, whatever gets it done!

Training Day #40 - September 11, 2010

This week has been so crazy. My assistant is out on emergency medial leave, and September marks the beginning of our busiest season at work. So, I’m doing two full-time jobs right now. Not. Fun. I tried to get to the gym more than once this week, but each time, I was so close to falling asleep that I knew it would be a crappy workout. I was in bed by 9:30 last night, I was so tired. Because of that, I woke up bright and early this morning, and decided to get a quick run in before my charity Bar Bounce started. (Basically, I’m paying money to a charity to get to do a bar crawl all afternoon. Hey, it’s for a good cause. ;-)

I didn’t have a lot of time, but wanted to get something in. I hit the gym at about 8am, still kind of in a sleepy fog and without eating any breakfast. Not the best of ideas, but it’s what I had to work with.

I ran for a mile before stopping and then walked a quarter mile, ran a quarter, walked a quarter and then ran the last quarter. I finished two miles in 22 minutes. Not bad on an empty stomach. That’s an 11-minute mile average. I’ll take it. By the time I stretched and got home, I had enough time to shower and get ready for the bar bounce. I wish I had more time to finish the third mile (who am I kidding, I really don’t!), but I did get something in. I also count the full day of yard work earlier in the week and a night of salsa dancing as two great workouts!

Holy crap, 8 days! :O