So this showed up on my Facebook feed last week, after which my immediate reaction was something like "AHHHHHHH!"
When I saw this gentle reminder, I still hadn't had a run over 8 miles in over a year. And, my cold was still inexplicably lingering. In short, I was overflowing with confidence. Last week's training reflects my efforts to get healthy, so the only exercise I did outside of running was one yoga class and teaching my regular yoga classes.
On Saturday I ran a pretty painful 10-mile training run. A few things that I learned: (1) breakfast does not digest in 15 minutes; (2) the packaging for Lemonade Honey Stingers looks awfully a lot like packaging for Cherry Blossom Honey Stingers; (3) I'm faster than I give myself credit for: even with a 2-minute bathroom break, my time over 10 miles was pretty much on par with my training times from last year and last year's Army Ten Miler.
Pink Lemonade
vs.
Cherry Blossom
Other highlights from last week included catching the Nats' sole home playoff win. Alas.
Last week by the numbers:
Monday: 1.25 hours Prana flow yoga. This style of yoga is growing on me, which is huge, given that I am an alignment junkie.
Tuesday: 40 minute tempo.
Wednesday: Rest.
Thursday: 3 miles.
Friday: Rest.
Saturday: 10 miles & massage.
Sunday: Rest. Dancing around for 2 hours in a dance rehearsal. Don't ask. But I can kind of pop n' lock now without looking like I have a weird twitch.