Funny how you can have such different feelings about individual runs.
My last post was about having a great 4 mile hill interval run on Monday.
On Tuesday I was just aiming for a semi-easy 3 mile run. First mile at 5.7 (10:32/mile), next two miles at 6.0 (10:00/mile). I got freakin tired and had to stop after 1.5 miles! And I don't even think I upped the speed to 6.0 at that point because I just felt so tired. So I psyched myself up to finish the next 1.5 miles doing speed intervals. .25 mile at 7.5 (8:00/mile) followed by a .15 mile recovery walk at 4.0 (15:00/mile). I did it! I finished the 3 miles in about 32 minutes.
This morning I met my friend Steph at the gym to do some weights. She had the workouts her friend/bootcamp instructor gave her. Jesus. The plan called for lifting HEAVY (to me) weights. Heavy meaning you can only do 10 reps at most! I felt like one of those annoying muscle-heads as I grunted out the last few bicep curls using 15 pound dumb bells.
After I was done with weights I headed to the treadmills intent on doing yesterday's planned run. I did the first warm-up mile at 5.7 (10:32/mile). During the second mile at 6.0 (10:00/mile) I was feeling pretty darn good. So at the start of Mile 3, I upped it to 6.2. Still feeling good so at the 2.5 mile mark, I upped it again to 6.5. Come 2.75, I still had a little bit of energy left and wanted to see what I could do. So I set it to 7.0. Hard! Hard! Hard! Especially after pushing myself for the last three-quarters of a mile. I wanted to give up! My thoughts were like this:
Mile 2.80 - You remember that disappointment feeling you get when you can't complete a run? Yeah, you don't want that, do you?
Mile 2.85 - Okay, just go a little more. You can quit after a little more.
Mile 2.90 - Look, you made it this far! Might as well go the distance!
Mile 2.95 - PUSH! PUSH! PUSH! PUSH!
And hooray! I did it!
Sometimes I feel great during a run. And sometimes, even when I go at an easy speed, I feel tired.
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