SHMT, Days 11, 12, and 13
OK, enough with the not-posting!
Saturday and Sunday were shorter runs around Green Lake.
Saturday's run - 3.2 miles - was a lap around plus a little. Sunday's run - 4.5 miles - took us back to the bathhouse and back after a complete lap. It was a gorgeous weekend, so lots of people and dogs out on the path, including a Corgi convention on Sunday, with over a dozen representatives of that breed.
Kristina and the kids also ran on Saturday and Sunday, albeit at a slower pace. Good for them! Their new running gear seems to have helped.
We are in week four of our training schedule, and it's getting tougher (but so are we!). This morning's run, another 5:00am special starting time, featured a 3-mile run, six intervals (3 @ 2:00, 3 @ 2:30), and then two miles to finish things up.
It was chilly but clear as we started, and foggy down in the valley at the track. I was glad I wore my hat, and Shar kept her jacket on until we were nearly done with the first three miles. The run was a good one, though, and we're both really pleased with how far we've come to this point.
Another couple arrived as we were doing our last few laps and started running. Their pace was a little faster than ours, though not by much, and I noticed that we both picked up our pace a bit to try and stay with them. We chuckled over that and reminded ourselves that this was what led to our tiredness during the Dawg Dash. We need to ignore faster runners and run our own race. The funny thing was that we both did it, and that neither of us said anything... we just sped up a little bit.
The first half-mile or so are the toughest, at least for me, as the body's getting used to the exertion. After we're warmed up, though, we can carry on a conversation, which means we're at about the right level. Can't talk much during the interval work, but that is as it should be; we're exerting more.
Saturday and Sunday were shorter runs around Green Lake.
Saturday's run - 3.2 miles - was a lap around plus a little. Sunday's run - 4.5 miles - took us back to the bathhouse and back after a complete lap. It was a gorgeous weekend, so lots of people and dogs out on the path, including a Corgi convention on Sunday, with over a dozen representatives of that breed.
Kristina and the kids also ran on Saturday and Sunday, albeit at a slower pace. Good for them! Their new running gear seems to have helped.
We are in week four of our training schedule, and it's getting tougher (but so are we!). This morning's run, another 5:00am special starting time, featured a 3-mile run, six intervals (3 @ 2:00, 3 @ 2:30), and then two miles to finish things up.
It was chilly but clear as we started, and foggy down in the valley at the track. I was glad I wore my hat, and Shar kept her jacket on until we were nearly done with the first three miles. The run was a good one, though, and we're both really pleased with how far we've come to this point.
Another couple arrived as we were doing our last few laps and started running. Their pace was a little faster than ours, though not by much, and I noticed that we both picked up our pace a bit to try and stay with them. We chuckled over that and reminded ourselves that this was what led to our tiredness during the Dawg Dash. We need to ignore faster runners and run our own race. The funny thing was that we both did it, and that neither of us said anything... we just sped up a little bit.
The first half-mile or so are the toughest, at least for me, as the body's getting used to the exertion. After we're warmed up, though, we can carry on a conversation, which means we're at about the right level. Can't talk much during the interval work, but that is as it should be; we're exerting more.
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