Here we are another week has passed since I've written about my workouts. My most recent run was 10 miles on Sunday with Christine. The weather was great and we did a run/walk combo so it really helped me. We were all over San Marcos on this run and I saw some new parts of the rail trail that were cool although I wouldn't travel them alone.
Around mile 7 or 8, we saw a shopping cart turned upside down on the secluded part of the rail trail. It was a little ways ahead and I turned to Christine and said "I'm game if you are." She immediately knew what I was referring to with my comment. We laughed at the thought of pushing each other in the cart down Mission Avenue with all our friends driving by honking. Of course we couldn't pass up the opportunity to take a picture IN the shopping cart so we flipped that bad boy over and I hopped in cuz that's how I roll. As Christine was taking my picture, it dawned on me I was stuck. It took Christine to tip the cart all the way for me to climb out. (I won't mention the scrapes on the back of both my legs that Scott says probably require tetanus shots). We both agreed a camera is a necessity no matter where we go. With one more mile to go, we encountered a mattress on the side of the road. If it wasn't at a busy intersection, we might have taken our picture on that too! That gave us a good laugh.
The last mile we listened to our music and finished feeling good and strong. During our run we talked about setting our next goal to keep us motivated although we have each other so I'm not sure we need much to keep us going. After the run, I wasn't sore or tired at all. In fact, I did a no-no and didn't eat for awhile afterwards because Drake had a soccer game and I was in a rush to get there. I know my friends will get on me for that once they read this. I did drink some Vitamin water though.
What's interesting is that when I trained for the last half marathon (RnR), I would be toast for the rest of the day after running 10 miles. I remember being shaky and tired all day after a long run. Not this time. I don't know what's different, but I'm guessing I'm more in shape. My eating is different this time around too. I'm not as consumed with what I'm eating and when. When I trained for RnR, I was constantly thinking about food combinations and over analyzing every bite I took. This time I'm just eating "normally."
Not only did C and I solve our problems during the run, we planned out our workouts in the gym for race week. Monday we decided to work our arms. Wednesday would be a light leg workout; no butt burns. Friday will be abs/core and the elliptical. It's the final countdown. It is hard to believe it is less than a week away.
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