I totally bypassed 5 miles.
Last week I ran 4 for the first time this year. Tonight I ran 6.5.
Back in August, when I was training for my HM, I was supposed to run 6 miles on a Saturday and I just couldn't do it, I waited too long in the morning and it got too warm. I was so dissappointed. Then on the following Monday, I had leftover red beans & rice for lunch and that evening in the cool weather and a slight mist, I ran 8 miles. I just kept going. I knew when each mile was but at 4 I decided I better turn around now.
Tonight was the same way. I had the red beans & rice for lunch but this time it was on the treadmill so I could only go for 60 minutes. And that was fine with me because while I could have kept on running, I also didn't want to push it too far too soon. Instead, I pushed the speed tonight!
I started out at 6.2. But even before mile 1 completed, I upped it to 6.8 when two certain songs came on my iPod. Then I brought it back down to 6.4 for a little while. Then when I realised how much fun I was having I upped it to 6.5. Then again to 6.7 and 6.8 and the last minute was 6.9. The last 10 seconds of my 60 minutes of running, I ran at 7.5 which is an 8min/mi (and 800 calories per hour).
I don't know what it is about red beans & rice but they are magical for me. Twice now, when I eat them for lunch, I manage to have the willpower and energy to keep going throughout a run and keep going past my endurance. I'm not sore at all as of this writing. It was the most awesome feeling.
I even managed to play around with my Nike+ a little bit. As I kept upping my treadmill speed of course my feet were slowing down as I getting tired. So my Nike+ was thinking that I wasn't going as far. Towards the end of the run, Nike- had me at .2 miles behind my treadmill distance. That's bullshit. So around the 2.88 mark I think, I changed my form and started pumping my legs really really fast. I held the Nike- in my hand so I could see the changes and sure enough, it registered me at running an 8:04 pace at that time but it only caught me up by .02 miles. Then of cousre since I was turning my legs at a faster rate, that got me tired more so when I stopped doing it, it thought I was slowing way down and that is how I managed to get .2 miles behind the treadmill. Stupid Nike-. I wonder if I should re-calibrate it again.
At any rate, I had the runner's high again tonight and I loved it.
Total distance: 7.6
Total calories: 753
Last week I ran 4 for the first time this year. Tonight I ran 6.5.
Back in August, when I was training for my HM, I was supposed to run 6 miles on a Saturday and I just couldn't do it, I waited too long in the morning and it got too warm. I was so dissappointed. Then on the following Monday, I had leftover red beans & rice for lunch and that evening in the cool weather and a slight mist, I ran 8 miles. I just kept going. I knew when each mile was but at 4 I decided I better turn around now.
Tonight was the same way. I had the red beans & rice for lunch but this time it was on the treadmill so I could only go for 60 minutes. And that was fine with me because while I could have kept on running, I also didn't want to push it too far too soon. Instead, I pushed the speed tonight!
I started out at 6.2. But even before mile 1 completed, I upped it to 6.8 when two certain songs came on my iPod. Then I brought it back down to 6.4 for a little while. Then when I realised how much fun I was having I upped it to 6.5. Then again to 6.7 and 6.8 and the last minute was 6.9. The last 10 seconds of my 60 minutes of running, I ran at 7.5 which is an 8min/mi (and 800 calories per hour).
I don't know what it is about red beans & rice but they are magical for me. Twice now, when I eat them for lunch, I manage to have the willpower and energy to keep going throughout a run and keep going past my endurance. I'm not sore at all as of this writing. It was the most awesome feeling.
I even managed to play around with my Nike+ a little bit. As I kept upping my treadmill speed of course my feet were slowing down as I getting tired. So my Nike+ was thinking that I wasn't going as far. Towards the end of the run, Nike- had me at .2 miles behind my treadmill distance. That's bullshit. So around the 2.88 mark I think, I changed my form and started pumping my legs really really fast. I held the Nike- in my hand so I could see the changes and sure enough, it registered me at running an 8:04 pace at that time but it only caught me up by .02 miles. Then of cousre since I was turning my legs at a faster rate, that got me tired more so when I stopped doing it, it thought I was slowing way down and that is how I managed to get .2 miles behind the treadmill. Stupid Nike-. I wonder if I should re-calibrate it again.
At any rate, I had the runner's high again tonight and I loved it.
Total distance: 7.6
Total calories: 753
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