daily run

so I ran…

/ Brienna / 2 Comments

…5.75 miles last night. My race pace workout. My most daunting workout of the week, as I have to run increasingly longer distances at my race pace, which is faster than I would run if I wasn’t pushing myself.

The first 4 weeks is 3 x 3000 meters w/ 800 meter recovery jog (walk!), and until last night I didn’t think I would be able to do this. I’m not there yet, but I’ve been using these 4 weeks to work up to it. Last night, I did 3 x 1.5 miles w/ 0.5 miles recovery (so about 2400/800 meters). And I did it. I didn’t die. I actually felt great when I was done!

Today, my knee hurts a bit, but nothing an ice pack (and an iPhone cable) can’t fix!

ice

goal progress!

/ Brienna / 1 Comment

Last night, after reading until 1:30am, I finally completed Les Miserables! And that takes care of the “easy” goal for reading, but I feel this one was almost too easy, considering I finished 70% or so of the book in 2012! I will post a review shortly, probably not until later this week, after i’ve seen the move. I might do a combo review of the book and the movie at the same time, so stay tuned!

As for running, I think I should have made a goal to “run faster” but I think that will come with proper training.

Today’s run
distance: 4.25 miles
time: 55:30
speed: 4.6 mph (yes, I am slow!)

Roxy and I ran up past the 49ers stadium construction and down the Guadalupe River Trail.  This pic is not from today, but a recent picture from a morning run last month.

49er's construction