i am sitting here and have nothing to do. i caught up on all my reading of other blogs, there are no updates on facebook and eric is playing some game on the tv. what's a me supposed to do?
so this past weekend i ran the cougar mountain 5 miler. i did that same race in 2006. lets just say i had a pr by like a 1/2 hr or something like that. it was a good race. i wasn't feeling the race in the morning, wasn't sure how hard i'd be able to push it since i was feeling pretty tired and eh. i wasn't nervous, just not sure how much pain i was willing to be in. i started out at a pretty controlled pace. usually i go all out at the beginning, totally die and then real it in and then kind of fade at the end. so since i was already not sure of what i was up to, i went out at this good pace. i was working hard, just not like crazy. at about the 2.5 mile mark i started to pick it up. i had passed a few people and was feeling good and thinking, lets see what i can do. granted i did have to walk a few steps of some of the hills but my hr stayed high and i ran as soon as i was able, even if just for a few steps and still going up hill. i also ran really hard on the downhills which is not something i have done in the past. looking back at my hr data, my hr didn't drop at all on the downhills despite there being a few pretty long ones. this is good i guess, since it means i was working hard! downhill! who knew! with 2 miles to go i was really pushing, then with 1 mile to go i felt like i was flying. once during the first half of the race i was running behind this girl and she had awesome legs. i kept looking at her calves and being like, damn, those are some awesome calves. i almost said something to her, but then thought i better suffer more and chat less. i should have found her after the race though and let her know. i also thought in that last mile when i was running really hard about how my coach was telling me how the track workouts are really hard but they make you fast. i was totally feeling the benefits of the track workouts at the end. i was pretty psyched! i came in 12th F overall, and either 1st or 2nd in my age group depending on how you wanna break out age groups. they don't break them out, so i guess its 12.
after the race i got on my bike and rode an easy hr and 1/2.
sunday we went to the lake to swim. i was not really looking forward to this at all. i was worried it was going to be cold as balls and totally grody, but the water temp was ok and i realized that after las vegas, i don't think any water can be as grody as that. we swam for 20 minutes during which my left arm was really starting to hurt. i need to figure out what is going on. its got to be my wetsuit since i have no problem in the pool. ok, let me clarify, i have no problem with my left arm in the pool. after the swim we jumped on the mt bikes for a hard mtn bike ride. i was so stoked. i was having fun and i felt like i was riding really well. eric put some new brakes on there and a new, narrower handle bar and the set up and trail conditions were outstanding! it was so fun.
this coming weekend i'm a little nervous about this crazy track workout i've got on saturday. hoping to run on an actual track! an hoping to get through as much of it as possible! yikes!
pawpi on the other hand is all better. her whiskers and face hair is slowly growing back in. she seems so much happier and the other cats seem so too, although someone has begun throwing up all over the place. but now we can sleep better, too, since pawpi is no longer spending the entire night licking the plastic cone or scratching at it.
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