OK, let's see my runs for this week have been: 2.
Run #1: Monday I ran with my BFF Rob. He was out here visiting from Lincoln, NE for a few days. So we went on a little jaunt before a meeting I had to get to. I knew he needed to blow off some steam. It always helped me and he says that it helps him too.
So I came home from work as quick as I could, we got dressed and decided that we would go a mile and see how he feels. Luckily, thanks to Phil, I knew where a mile was at and I knew a 3.1 mile course too. We did a little bit of talking on the way down, next exactly a good idea but he wanted it slow. Unfortunatley, he did most of the talking. Once we got to about 3/4 of a mile, I picked up all the talking. We completed the mile in 10 minutes. Then we went to the bridge that would get us to 1.55 miles, halfway to the 5k goal. Again, I was doing all the talking. It was a conversational pace for me.
At the bridge we walked back to the 1 mile mark and picked up running again. Once we were on the last 3/4 mile again, I picked up the pace a little for me. I teased him and grabbed my ass a few times, encourgaing him to goose me! I thought I heard him running faster so I picked it up again, not wanting to let him pass me. This was fun! Eventually he stopped and walked before the stoplight so I stopped as well. He didn't want to just stop at the stoplight and wait. He knew he needed to walk a bit. So that was that run. It was pretty fun running with someone, even if they are slower than I. I got a lot of talking in! But it was also good that I ran that slow. Technically it's the pace that my training runs should be done in anyway!
Run #2: Was at work during lunch. Actually it was at 11am. And it was um, weird.
I got dressed in the locker room which was AWESOME. At the Daily Chronicle I had to get dressed in a storage closet in the women's bathroom. Not cool. I left the building and decided NOT to run on the roads. I didn't want to die on my lunch break after all. So decided I would try around campus. I found a sidewalk. I ran on that until it ended. Then into the grass I went. Did that for a little bit and remembered what a co-worker said about a path around the lagoon we have. I headed back to there and did that about 6 times around and got really BORED with that fast. So again, I took off in the grass, heading to the outskirts of the campus and found the edge because I saw a fence! Luckily there was a strip of grass between the trees and the fence so I did that to the very back of campus and came across a guy mowing the lawn! Didn't think I would find anyone back there! Ran around the corner, past horticulture and their compost and greenhouses and then back to the lagoon where I did 2 more laps to complete 30 minutes. It was the longest 30 minutes ever.
I didn't like the running in the grass part because I had to keep looking down to make sure I had good footing and they had just mowed the grass so I kept getting grass clippings in my shoes & under my socks! It sucked! After I was done, I tried getting back into the building and then I realised that last sumemr they locked all but 10 doors around campus for security reasons. I never made note of where any open ones were! I went to about 5 different doors until I found one that was open near the locker rooms. I didn't want to go through the buildings looking all red, sweaty and with my running outfit on in case I ran into a co-worker or worse yet an Administrator! I got back in and saw that the locker room had showers. Which means, I could do a quick rinse after a run! (If I decide to do that again!) Just have to remember to bring a towel. I was quite sweaty. I cooled my face & neck down in the sink as best as I could. I was walking around in my underwear so I was hoping that no one was suddenly going to come in but since it's the summer I should have been good. Took me about an hour to cool down and stop sweating I think.
Tomorrow morning I'm hoping for Run #3 of the week. 60 minutes of running! I have a 10k on May 30th to prepare for! Then Sunday is a 30 mile bike ride on Lake Shore Drive! I have plans a 4.4 mile ride. It'll be nothing but at least it's something. Plus, I get to try out my new biking shorts (which I'm already wearing and not that fond of) and my new clipless shoes!
Run #1: Monday I ran with my BFF Rob. He was out here visiting from Lincoln, NE for a few days. So we went on a little jaunt before a meeting I had to get to. I knew he needed to blow off some steam. It always helped me and he says that it helps him too.
So I came home from work as quick as I could, we got dressed and decided that we would go a mile and see how he feels. Luckily, thanks to Phil, I knew where a mile was at and I knew a 3.1 mile course too. We did a little bit of talking on the way down, next exactly a good idea but he wanted it slow. Unfortunatley, he did most of the talking. Once we got to about 3/4 of a mile, I picked up all the talking. We completed the mile in 10 minutes. Then we went to the bridge that would get us to 1.55 miles, halfway to the 5k goal. Again, I was doing all the talking. It was a conversational pace for me.
At the bridge we walked back to the 1 mile mark and picked up running again. Once we were on the last 3/4 mile again, I picked up the pace a little for me. I teased him and grabbed my ass a few times, encourgaing him to goose me! I thought I heard him running faster so I picked it up again, not wanting to let him pass me. This was fun! Eventually he stopped and walked before the stoplight so I stopped as well. He didn't want to just stop at the stoplight and wait. He knew he needed to walk a bit. So that was that run. It was pretty fun running with someone, even if they are slower than I. I got a lot of talking in! But it was also good that I ran that slow. Technically it's the pace that my training runs should be done in anyway!
Run #2: Was at work during lunch. Actually it was at 11am. And it was um, weird.
I got dressed in the locker room which was AWESOME. At the Daily Chronicle I had to get dressed in a storage closet in the women's bathroom. Not cool. I left the building and decided NOT to run on the roads. I didn't want to die on my lunch break after all. So decided I would try around campus. I found a sidewalk. I ran on that until it ended. Then into the grass I went. Did that for a little bit and remembered what a co-worker said about a path around the lagoon we have. I headed back to there and did that about 6 times around and got really BORED with that fast. So again, I took off in the grass, heading to the outskirts of the campus and found the edge because I saw a fence! Luckily there was a strip of grass between the trees and the fence so I did that to the very back of campus and came across a guy mowing the lawn! Didn't think I would find anyone back there! Ran around the corner, past horticulture and their compost and greenhouses and then back to the lagoon where I did 2 more laps to complete 30 minutes. It was the longest 30 minutes ever.
I didn't like the running in the grass part because I had to keep looking down to make sure I had good footing and they had just mowed the grass so I kept getting grass clippings in my shoes & under my socks! It sucked! After I was done, I tried getting back into the building and then I realised that last sumemr they locked all but 10 doors around campus for security reasons. I never made note of where any open ones were! I went to about 5 different doors until I found one that was open near the locker rooms. I didn't want to go through the buildings looking all red, sweaty and with my running outfit on in case I ran into a co-worker or worse yet an Administrator! I got back in and saw that the locker room had showers. Which means, I could do a quick rinse after a run! (If I decide to do that again!) Just have to remember to bring a towel. I was quite sweaty. I cooled my face & neck down in the sink as best as I could. I was walking around in my underwear so I was hoping that no one was suddenly going to come in but since it's the summer I should have been good. Took me about an hour to cool down and stop sweating I think.
Tomorrow morning I'm hoping for Run #3 of the week. 60 minutes of running! I have a 10k on May 30th to prepare for! Then Sunday is a 30 mile bike ride on Lake Shore Drive! I have plans a 4.4 mile ride. It'll be nothing but at least it's something. Plus, I get to try out my new biking shorts (which I'm already wearing and not that fond of) and my new clipless shoes!
