Sunday, after logging my run, I felt a smattering of excitement run through my awareness. My planned workout was a little short, but I was satisfied with how I’d done.
The workout was originally scheduled to occur Thursday (after a day of rest) rather than on Sunday (after a long run). Sometimes, life requires a little juggling of workouts.
My warm up was 1.75 miles. Afterwards, I launched into the first of two 3 mile repeats. Garminia displayed my pace right on target however, the time for a complete mile on the track came out a bit slower than Coach Jeff had asked for. It was close enough for me.
I rested for 5 minutes prior to starting the next interval. The effects of yesterday’s long run came into play. I could feel the fatigue building with each lap around the track. I ran 1.25 miles on the track and decided that I’d run the long way home to finish off the repeat.
That was my initial thought but, as I headed in the opposite direction of home, my body began protesting louder. I stopped and thought hard.
After a minute, I turned and ran in the direction of home via the shortest, most direct route. This made my second repeat only two miles instead of three, my cool down essentially absent, but made my tired body a lot happier. It also helped keep to the timeline of a very busy day.
And when I’d finished logging my run, I clicked on the analysis tab to see my parrot prediction. It should now be prominently showing in my sidebar, and showing that I am race ready.
That’s what we wanted to hear. That’s two of us race ready, let’s go get em…
Good for you Juls! I can’t wait to hear how it goes.
How exciting! I will be in Santa Cruz at a kettlebell workshop on race day, but you will never be far from my thoughts.
GO GET’UM!
Great to hear that the stars — and VO2 and muscles and legs, etc. — are aligning for you.
Good job listening to your body, you will never be injured if you always can do that. Can’t wait to hear your race report, I am so excited for you!!
Race ready indeed! Taper time now!!!
fantastic!
That’s great news, Juls. There’s nothing better than knowing you ARE race ready.
I uninstalled my Parrot Predictor, but I’m also taking stock and hoping I’m race ready for CIM. Can’t believe it’s coming up in under three weeks!