The last few days......heck... more like weeks, have been tough as hell for me to get back to my training and get up towards 30 mpw again, and this morning I seriously expected another week of falling short. Actually I felt that way last night, Dorian has been driving us crazy lately... whether it is growing pains in his legs, gas pains or just being restless, he wakes up while I am gone and keeps his daddy awake.... sometimes with laughter but other times lately it's been aggravation.
This morning Dorian woke up with my alarm at 4 AM, and shortly afterwards I had to take him to his bed. He was having gas pains and was restless, I was sure that the run wasn't going to happen today.... it wasn't going to warm up enough to take Dorian for a run so I was beginning to settle with the fact that it was going to be another week under 30 miles.
About 4:35 I attempted to get out of his bed, and was surprisingly successful. I had his windows open about 3 inches even though it was 39 degrees out... his room has no fan and for some reason is warmer than other parts of the house, and he is a lot like his momma in being hot-blooded. I also had his Beethoven music on, 75 minutes of music would at least put some sound in his otherwise silent room.
Rocky and I headed out at 5:05 AM, at first the 39 degrees felt a bit chilly with one long sleeve top and my capris on, and gloves of course. But about 30-40 minutes into the run it was a bit warm, but not bad so that is alright. I was determined to get my 9 miles in, I haven't been able to get past 8-8.5 miles in so long it is killing me. Last Sunday I had to cut it off at 8.5 due to GI issues, then the Sunday before was only 4.1 miles, the Sunday before that was 8.4 miles and 8 miles the Sunday before that. I also wanted to reach 30 miles for the week, even if that meant running with Dorian.
It was freaking foggy, in some spots I couldn't even see 25 feet ahead of me. I chose the creepy roads route rather than the not so creepy roads, but it was a good idea because I rarely see cars on that route.... but I also don't see any houses either. Still, we survived so that is good.
Anyways, Rocky and I ended up running 9.2 miles in 1:31:17 with an average pace of 9:55 min/mile, it started out slow but we picked up the pace. I didn't really feel sore, but I could still feel it in glutes and shins/calves... I'll have to remember to stretch. Elevation gain of 187 feet, and a loss of 176 feet.
Laps/splits were:
Mile 1 - 10:38
Mile 2 - 10:12
Mile 3 - 10:04
Mile 4 - 9:56
Mile 5 - 9:49
Mile 6 - 9:56
Mile 7 - 9:47
Mile 8 - 9:45
Mile 9 - 9:23
Mile 9.2 -8:58
That along with yesterday's 2 miler with Dorian and Rocky gives me a total of 30.9 miles this week.......... that .1 is really bugging me but I am just happy to finally reach 30 miles and hopefully it will only climb from here.
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