Very fun yet exhausting weekend! F says me and Lexi (the dog) feed off each others energy. I can’t help it if we are both a little excitable, might expend all of our energy at once running around in circles, pass out from the sheer excitement of it all taking a little power nap, growl if someone disrupts our rest, and then ready for another round. J Friday was my rest day so I kept myself busy with a couples date at an indoor glow in the dark mini golf, I know I’m not 15 anymore but isn’t it fun to act like it!? We then were very excited that Kiva Juice has a special on their frozen yogurt after 7pm it’s half off what a deal! And yes, I only ate this because I knew I had a long run ahead of me the next day.
Saturday I woke up a little later than my usual for my run I got on the road at 7:10am for a 10.5 mile run. It had some easy rolling hills on it. The humidity was pretty bad when I first started and made it feel hard to breathe. I also decided to try and carry a water bottle this time but decided it was throwing me off and ditched it about mile 2. Once I got to the turnaround point the humidity lifted and it was still a little over cast so I felt myself pick up my pace a little. The rest of the run I felt awesome, I stretched at the stop lights and this helped a lot. I had a negative split which was awesome but I was a little disappointed to see it still came out to 10 minute miles. It felt a lot better than this when I was running it, not sure where I’m going wrong. I seem to be getting slower and slower even though I’m training more, on my sprint days I’m able to run faster and pick up my speed over time but as soon as I get outside for my long runs it’s like my brain is hard wired to do 10 minute miles now!!! Grrrr ok I will figure this out!
We then drove to a nearby lake and took the doggy for her first swim ever! I so wish I had my bloggy with me and could have recorded her freaking out with the water. The first few times we had to carry her into the water. But after a while of getting used to it she was loving the water, trying to eat the water when we splashed it, and was swimming behind me chasing me. This was so much fun and the f packed a wonderful picnic he put together at Whole Foods which is quite the treat for us! On the way back we got to watch a thunderstorm.
Sunday I went for a 32 mile bike ride and felt great! Averaged 20.5 mph and am happy that I’m at least not slowing down in this department. Now I start taper week. Let’s keep our fingers crossed that they open Cochiti Lake before the weekend which is where the Olympic Tri will be. I would hate to have it postponed and drag out my training not to mention I already have another Sprint Tri the weekend right after that!
Happy Taper Week!
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Awwww, he looks like he wants nooooo part of that water
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