...is what brings us together, today. Or, should I say, kept us together today. AMA was kind enough to join me on today's run around the park. It was a recovery day for me, with a planned 3.5 mile run, and AMA is trying to do about a 5K every other day. By walking to the park together, me departing to run 2 and a smidge laps, AMA walking one, and us walking back together, we were both able to meet our daily fitness needs.
What's love got to do with it you might ask? Weeeeellll...for starters it was cold. It felt okay to me who was running, but poor AMA kind of froze to death. ANDDDD it was my genious plan to do said adventure on solely a cup of coffee. I don't know why, but I've been digging the recovery runs on an empty stomach lately. Unfortunately this didn't work out so well for AMA, who was darn near bonking by the time we got breakfast at 9:15. For those playing at home, 9:15 is about 2 hours late for us. Oh, and did I mention that the poor man had to use the bathroom the whole time, but it was too cold for him to use the port-o-lets at the park AND he didn't want to deviate from the schedule because I wasn't carrying a phone? Seriously folks, that man must love me, because I can't think of any other reason why someone would endure all of that.
My run went well....a solid 3.5 miles. A bit fast, especially since it was a "recovery" day and I was kind of, sort of, okay really blowing that whole idea by going 30-60 seconds faster than I should have been. It just felt so darn good! AMA survived and we had a tasty, tasty breakfast of bagels after run and bathroom visit (thanks local grocery store!) was complete.
My bum really hurt this morning, but a good bit of stretching before the run made it bearable. I'm really going to have to make a habit out of stretching and strengthening exercises if I don't want it to turn into a full blown injury. I know better, it's just a matter of staying on top of it.
As of right now, next week is looking like it should be some fairly moderate (though still chilly) temperatures and moderate winds. Hopefully the weather will hold in the afternoons so that I can get some more outside runs completed. Next week is a 34 mile week, which represents a fairly significant chunk of mileage for me. I only exceeded that once in training last year. This year's plan is more mileage intensive, but the long runs planned are geared toward the half marathon distance, instead of the marathon distance I thought I would do last year. Here's to a week covered in awesomesauce!
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