Its time... well its past time, but it is serious time... we are down to 31 days til my half marathon, holy crap... time to get moving... This week is a good reminder I have got to get out there, and I can. I can make the time, and I can brave the weather (although it beat me up, see story below).
Today I got out and ran my tempo run, warm up, 5 minutes reg. pace, 10 minutes at a faster tempo, repeat 2 times, then cool down. Boy oh boy is 10 minutes seem like a decade when you are pushing it, but you feel pretty awesome running past people and through intersections, thinking (well I think this) that they are thinking, "Wow that girl is a bad ass, she is running really fast, damn, I wish I was in shape like that" ... well that is really what goes through my head anyways, lol. Today it was a bit chilly (its been getting down to the 30's at night here, when its suppose to be getting warmer) but the clouds didn't scream that it was going to dump.... no, that all happened Tues.....
Tuesday, I needed to get in a speed workout, 6 2 minute intervals... I looked at the skys, and they said, you better go now, cuase in an hour... you are going to be screwed. So I got out, got running, was 3/4 of the way done (35-40 minutes after leaving my house, when I thought I had an hour), about a mile and a quarter or so from my house.. literally finished my last repeat 20 seconds prior to the skys opening up and dumping...
Now i've run in rain before, but seriously, there was no warning, no slight drizzle, I am talking fire hose status... and then!!!! it started to hail, and the hail got bigger, and I am of course, nowhere near any type of cover... i'm out in industrial Arcata, on the side of the road in the pouring cold rain and getting pelted by hail... and all i can do, is keep running. By the time I got to the over pass... about a half mile later of hail, of course it stops hailling, still pouring freezing rain, but the hail stopped... stood there for a second trying to decide if I its going to stop any time soon and would be worthe waitting out.. no, it pretty much looks like is going to rain til the next morning...
So I take off, b/c at this point I am getting cold, and that only would make matters worse...
But I did it, I never recommend running when there is a chance of hail (I don't even know if there was a chance of it, it just happened though) it hurts like hell since your body is hot, but then the skin is cold and wet, and a piece of ice is flying into your chest, nose, head, etc.
It sure makes for a good story though.. and the trainning continues.. I am hoping tomorrow takes the tiredness out of me, and I am pushing my long run to Easter Sunday b/c I am working a conference all day saturday and won't have time, I feel good, strong, both speed runs this week I ran just under 5 miles in mileage, so I am sure that is going to help the long run, just makes my legs tired for the time being...
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