Last Night's 3 Mile Run with Team 13

  I was too wore out to blog last night, our heat wave finally ended Monday but it was 95 at 6 p.m when we ran, I didn't know that and probably wouldn't have gone if I did lol. Shauna and I kept it around 12 minutes per mile, last year that would have been a slow jog for me, but it sure felt like heck now. I mainly figure it was because the heat and me not adapting to the heat, AND instead of running this weekend I did my squats, lunges and squats with a kettlebell press, more than my usual and my legs are just now beginning to recover from that so last night's run had my legs feeling pretty heavy. I am glad the heat wave is over, but I kind of miss running in the mornings, but right now Dorian is waking up at 6:30 a.m and I just don't have the energy to get up at 4 a.m after going to bed at midnight or later so as long as temps are below 95 and the humidity is lower than 40% I am going to run with Team 13 in the evenings. Saturday morning's runs might be a different story, who knows yet. We're going to be doing 3 miles Thursday, Saturday, next Tuesday and next Thursday then up our long run to 4 miles and so on. Eighty-seven days until the Half Marathon, I really hope the temps start cooling off, or at least more cloud coverage lol.

Another Good 3 Miles

   It almost feels to good to be true, 3x 3 mile runs in a row......... okay with a day between but still, you know what I mean. This Saturday is Jump Start's last day and the 3 mile run for them, I might go ahead and run with them and get my shirt and the schedule. Team 13 starts next Tuesday, it would be awesome if it was later in the evening right now, with this hot and humid weather but I guess I will just keep running in the mornings by myself until the weather cools off about 10 degrees. I am still averaging just under 12 minutes per mile, but that is alright with me, cause I am still finishing my runs with a bit of energy left and feeling like I could run another easy mile or so. 

A Humid 3 Miles this Morning

  If only every morning could be like this morning (except a little cooler), and every night could be like last night. Dorian allowed me to go to bed just before 10 p.m and this morning I got up at 5 a.m and prepared myself for what was supposed to be a 2.75 mile run but ended up running 3 miles by accident (I was secretly hoping I would) along the country roads by the house. It was humid but 70 degrees, I was slower than my past 3 mile pace but I am just glad I got out there and ran. I will say one thing, the sweet smell of corn fields is definitely nice to run with. I will cry tears of joy if Thursday turns out the same as today, I didn't even bother to go back to bed, I came back home and fed Dorian, ate some oatmeal myself and took a shower then headed into the shop.
  Other than the heat, there might be another reason I might have to do my runs in the morning and not run with Team 13. Cameron is getting much busier at the shop and might not be able to watch Dorian at 6 p.m, it kind of sucks because I really enjoyed running with them last year and it means I will have to be careful if I am going to train myself. This Saturday is the last day of Jump Start; 3 miles and then an informational meeting that I probably will go to so that I can get the training schedule and just copy off that with my runs. I am hoping that these last 2 runs being 3 miles are a sign that my body is slowly recovering and ready to use 3 miles as a base and go from there, though I probably will run 2.75 miles Thursday and 3 miles Saturday, 3 miles next Tuesday (or whatever day I do run) and 2.75 miles Thursday depending on how I am feeling and what Team 13's schedule says.

1st 3 Miles in Months

    This morning was a humid 78 degrees but I am so excited to say I got 3 miles in for the first time in so many months. It felt great, though the sudden bowel movement was unexpected and thank god the town hall downtown was open during some weird event. I probably lost 2-3 lbs right then and there, ugh and to think a year ago I would not have wrote that down or mentioned it to anyone. Because I jumped ahead of what the training recommended, this morning was supposed to be 2.75 miles, Tuesday 2.5 miles and Thursday I think the same, I am going to definitely rest this weekend and ice my legs.
     I am happy to have gotten this run in, but I am not going to get my hopes up about the coming week/s. I have got to remind myself to be flexible and get a run in whenever I can, though this heat really makes it a heck of a lot tougher to do that.
     Oh, 3 miles how I have missed you <3 <3 <3 

Contemplating

    My sanity is definitely suffering from the lost run yesterday, I am hoping to get a run in tomorrow morning. This 100+ weather is killing me, it's not so bad that I barely get 5-6 hours of sleep if I am able to run in the evenings BUT not when it is still around 95-100 degrees!!! I hate this weather and I want to cry, because there is nothing I can do about it and it really irritates me. The forecast for the next 10 days is saying 95 and above, I am losing hope on the Half but honestly I began thinking a lot yesterday. Maybe I am moving to quickly? Maybe my body needs a bit more time and I need to slow down some, the training schedule has me stressing out if I miss a run and the heat is pretty much killing what fun this was for me. I don't know if it's the heat, me or just feeling a little stressed but I think I am going to start running/training by myself rather than the group. I can't make it to the 6 p.m runs with the temperature being around 100 degrees, my body just can't handle that right now, I can't always make it to the Saturday morning runs to meet them, and feeling like this is a do or die training schedule is killing me. I want to do the Half, I really, really, REALLY do but I think it will be better if I train on my own and at my pace, a pace that my still recovering body can handle rather than trying to keep up with the 9:50-10 minute a mile people that I was running with last year no problem. It would probably be a different story if the weather wasn't like this, who knows, but for the most part I know what is best for me, and I need to start listening to it.
    I wish I had a treadmill, I wish we lived near Ivy Tech again so I could go in there and run on the treadmill but we don't. Gym memberships are so dang expensive around here, especially when I would only be using very little, the cheaper ones don't open until 9 a.m and that doesn't help me at all. I need a 24 hour gym, and those run $60 a month. It is definitely irritating, and most depressing but I've just got to keep going and start making this fun again, instead of planning a run, just go when the time feels right.


    Ugh.................STUPID WEATHER!!!!!

This Morning's Lonely Run

  It wasn't quite that lonely, not as lonely as my late night runs are. I did not get out until 6:30 a.m, I wanted to get up at 5 and out the door by 6 a.m BUT  we didn't go to bed until after midnight and I barely drug myself out of bed at 5:15. Dorian didn't fall back to sleep after his feeding until 6:30 a.m, then I was out the door. There were quite a few people out there this morning, thankfully no punks, but there was your usual 3 women walking 3 abreast taking up the whole pathway but I didn't let that bother me. It was a beautiful 63 degrees and a good breeze, it felt amazing and I loved it. I was definitely a bit slower during the first mile, 12:03/mile, then the 2nd mile was 10:36/mile, and the last .5 miles was 10:10/mile BUT a lot of that involved downhill and a tiny fartlek to the "finish". Luckily Cameron drove his truck home last night so Ethan left at 7:30 and Cameron was still there until 8 a.m so I wasn't worried about inconveniencing anyone this time. It might become an issue when the distance gets longer and the weather doesn't cool down, I'll either have to run in the evening with the group, or force myself up at 4 a.m to get my runs in. Cameron likes to leave and head to the shop by 8 a.m, so I need to be finished and at home before then. I will say, that hour of sleep after the run was the most amazing, wonderful sleep and I hated to get up. Great run overall, a slower pace but I felt comfortable enough to keep going (at least a little bit) but still felt like the run was an actual work out.

Late Evening Long Run

   Last night's run was close to 9 p.m, and I don't think I will be doing that too often. There are too many punks and trash out there (where I've got to go run) and it is too tempting to use my pepper spray lol, I honestly wish parents would raise their kids to respect others. Thankfully the ones I've confronted have bluffed, and when I call their bluff they back off, so far at least.
   Anyways, the 2.75 miles was tough.....ish; the first mile my pace was between 11:30 and 12 minutes a mile which is a slight disappointment for me but strangely the last mile was under 11 minutes, and the last .3 miles was a very steep hill and my pace had hit 10:04 which was weird since I was tired. I think it was mainly due to the fact that my bowels decided there was no time to wait, so I think that sped me up. Then the bathrooms up near the parking lot, the lights were off and it was too dark and I just did not feel safe going in there in pitch black so I went behind a tree. Ugh, I will have to do my best to empty my bowels before my runs because that is just uncomfortable. The run wasn't bad, I am glad I got it over with and even though my pace was slower than usual, I felt comfortable enough to keep going and that is all that matters.