What a great 80s song- just another Manic Monday. Good news is we made it right? The last few weeks I've been running 8 miles on Monday. At the beginning of September I had some really great Monday miles. Labor Day kicked off with a 10K race. It was fabulously challenging because of the hills and the weather. That was one of the first cool days. The next Monday I was in DC and had the chance to run from the National Cathedral to Bethesda and back. That was a nice scenic route. Then the mileage ramped up to 9 miles for Monday. Today the run was split by work. In total I did 8 and some change. I was pretty proud to fit all this in and only be 5 minutes late to class :)
Easy runs allow your muscles to recover. I'm really good at taking it easy. My first two miles of these recovery runs are usually 12 - 13 minutes a mile. Oh yeah. Nice and slow :). Eventually I get warmed up and go about 11 minutes a mile. This morning was a nice and peaceful run because it was so early and still pretty dark. Most of the neighborhood was still sleeping so I was able to hear my steps, my thoughts, and my racing app tell me how slow I was going. I needed to take it slow today because my bootay and legs are still fatigued and sore from all the hills on Saturday. They are still feeling pretty tired at the moment but that should get better with time.
Overall my energy level was good today but I'm fading fast. I'm going to take some time to unwind before heading to bed.
On schedule for tomorrow, 7 miles at a race pace. And a haircut too. I bet you can guess what I'm more excited about ;)
Nighty night.
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