mmm, training, yummy
I love training, I really do. Challenging my body to see how far I can push. I ran 18 great miles on Sunday, took Monday as a rest day, ran 2 SLOW miles on Tuesday, broke my "no-running-on-Wednesday" rule and ran 4 miles at lunch, did a full hour on the stairmaster on Thursday, an hour on the elliptical this morning, and then ran 3.5 miles at lunch - and sustained a 9:30 pace for 20 minutes of that run! HOLY SHIT! And that 9:30 pace felt so amazing, I wanted to continue. I arrived back at work and wasn't ready to stop running. I wanted to keep going. It was my second workout of the day and yet I was so full of fantastic energy, so ready to move my body. I love love love the fact that I was up at 5 this morning, did two workouts and am still not exhausted. I'm also loving how well my clothes are fitting :)
Goes to show how good I feel when I'm not sick. But Ash is sick - again - and I'm afraid I will catch it - again. We seem to manage one week of health in between each cold or flu. That's pretty depressing. Knock on wood I won't catch this one.
Tomorrow is an hour of cross-training and I'm hoping for three miles pushing Ash in the stroller after that. Sunday I'd like to get another 6 miles with Ash in the stroller....
Cheer with me, "Yay for training!!!"
(PS - I just finished an awesome book, "A Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World" by Eric Weiner...it's amazing and I have so many thoughts about it...I think it deserves it's own post shortly...)
Comments
So well expressed, I love days like that when you feel like you can just keep going and going!
Posted by: Jack | March 8, 2008 01:26 AM
18 miles on Sunday? You're definitely getting back into it. Well Done!
Posted by: Thomas | March 8, 2008 02:07 AM
You're on a roll! Keep it up! : )
Posted by: Sarah | March 8, 2008 08:13 AM
Please bottle that energy and send a sample my way...no, wait, make it a case.
Posted by: Anne | March 8, 2008 06:53 PM
seems like all that cross training is making you a lot faster. :)
Posted by: troy | March 9, 2008 11:27 AM
Yay! You sound like you've hit your groove.
~t
Posted by: Tanya | March 9, 2008 12:54 PM
yay for training!!!!
sounds like an interesting book. i'll keep an eye out for your review of it.
Posted by: e-rod | March 10, 2008 11:08 AM
18 miles on a Sunday?! that's some hardcore stuff..Good job though..
Posted by: pchieng | March 10, 2008 02:01 PM
And that is an awesome feeling:)
Posted by: olga | March 10, 2008 02:34 PM
I love it!!
Posted by: Javamom | March 10, 2008 04:44 PM
Only a true hard-core runner would have a "no running on Wednesday" rule.
Posted by: Phil | March 10, 2008 09:22 PM
Yay for training! You had such a great week! Hope it continues...
Off to go read more about that book...!!
Posted by: Taryn | March 11, 2008 07:03 AM
I wanna hear about this book ... and move to one of those places!
Posted by: Tanya | March 11, 2008 09:12 AM
You are kicking some serious butt Angie! Keep it up!!!!
Posted by: Karen | March 11, 2008 11:56 AM
You are kicking some serious butt Angie! Keep it up!!!!
Posted by: Karen | March 11, 2008 11:57 AM