Wake up and see this on me phone:
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| Rain... and dry conditions will continue? |
So its dry and raining? Go home weather.com, you're drunk! I check the radar and it showed the rain moved out of the area. Score!
I just bought a new battery for my phone since my previous one was losing its charge waaaay too fast. Decided to give the new battery a test and run Endomondo and a GPS booster for my run. I wanted to also focus on respecting the full length of my warm up and cool down distances (1.5 miles both).
As someone who has a time deadline to get back home from my runs, slowing down isn't my favorite thing to do. It took me awhile to respect the need for easy/recovery runs, and make sure I wake up earlier to do them. Now as I am prepping myself for my training program for Chicago marathon, the plan requires a 1.5 to 3 mile warm up and cool down for your harder run days (strength/interval/tempo days). Initially, I responded like, aint nobody got time for that!
As I settle into my current weekly mileage, and running first thing in the morning, I initially accepted a warm up period, but not much of a cool down. I didn't want to see my average pace time go down that much. Today, I broke that mental barrier, when I heard my phone yell out 7.5 miles, I dropped my speed down and just glided home the last 1.5 miles. I checked my splits and funny enough, my body didn't really warm up until mile 3. Although, I still put a note in my running log so my Runkeeper friends know that wasn't my constant pace, hah...
The run itself was okay. My stomach let me run about 90% of the speed I wanted, whenever I went up to the pace I wanted, it pushed back, oh well! The weather was damp, foggy, and maybe a very light drizzle. The trees were shaking what their momma gave them and would give you a quick shower if you weren't careful. I guess it was misting enough to soak my socks though... yummy.
The crowd I saw earlier in the week was not seen, even south of Belmont. I guess 40s and puddles kept some people in bed. I saw most of my normies, for my daily nods/waves/thumbs up. Oddly enough, the traffic starting picking up north of Montrose. I saw a few groups come out to run that I hadn't seen since last fall. It was like fire sale on waves and hellos! Great way to cheer up the last couple miles.
Glad I got my running fix, that it is Friday, and hoping tomorrow morning will mimic last weekend and start like this (Excuse the PJs and front facing camera resolution!)
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| Saturday Morning Snuggles! |
Did you brave the Misty Mountains paths today?
Happy Friday!
I have never been one to warm up or cool down when I run... Or workout in general. I believe in the notion that if you have always warmed up then keep warming up and if you didn't then don't. I always hated when a training plan said you had to do something... But then again... I never did follow one either...
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It is hard to really get into, but it has helped in the time I need to stretch afterwards.
ReplyDeleteThanks for commenting and enjoy the day!
I am so bad about warming up and cooling down. I just want to get after it, but this body of mine loves to remind me that I need to treat it well or it will rebel like it did today.
ReplyDeleteIts like a mini adrenaline rush to start a run! You just want the leash to get cut and go!
ReplyDeleteYour legs angry today? I hope its nothing bad! TGIF!
How much do you usually slow down on warm-ups/cool-downs? My trainer told me to try walking 1/4 mile each way, but even that feels like WAY too long! So I usually only do about a block.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad it didn't rain all morning, like it was originally supposed to!
I start about 1 to 1:30 slower than my goal pace, and slow down roughly at the same area. And they are both for a mile and a half.
ReplyDeleteChilly rain is no fun, summer rain just makes you feel like a kid in a sprinkler!
I used to not warm up at all, and would toe the line at 5K or 10K races completely cold. Then one day I tried warming up and ran a 5K about 2 minutes faster than I thought I would be able to - and this made me realize that warming up is legit! I don't do cooldowns much except when I'm doing speedwork. Usually my cooldown is just walking around for a few minutes!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your success with warm ups and stopping by! Happy Friday!
ReplyDeleteI made the mistake of not checking the weather before I ran and when I came home, dripping with enough sweat for my dog to lick it off the floor, I saw it was 88 degrees. Ouch.
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