I ran almost seven miles this AM - on the hilliest route I've planned so far. Brian actually was the one who mapped it, so I'm not surprised that it was painful as hell. Not to mention, that running with Brian is exhausting because I can't keep a pace I'm comfortable with, I have to keep up with a pace that is faster than normal for me. Even considering that I was running harder than usual - this route still took me over an hour - around 10 minute miles. I was pretty disappointed with my performance, but I'm coming off back to back 12 hour days at the office.
I didn't get to put in as much time as I wanted at the gym this week, because I was at work until almost 8 PM both Thursday and Friday. I was able to make it in for a swim workout and yoga earlier this week. I swam 300 yards further this week than last week, including a longer warm up and cool down - so 200 yards of consecutive swimming. The good news is that I swam the distance of the race on Tuesday - although it was broken up and not in open water. I'm feeling more confident in the water, and had no problem reaching my goal times for the sets of 50's and 100's.
It's off to spin class in the AM - the first time in a couple of weeks since hurricane Irene and the wedding in VT last weekend prohibited me from my Sunday AM routine. I also have trouble making it to spinning during the work week because the YMCA closest to my work doesn't offer spinning :( I'm vowing to try to ride my bike around the city more often, on errands etc.
Happy training.
E
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