I was dog/house-sitting again at the end of last week. Kristin's newest addition is the little squeaker to the left, Fiona. She is precious!
After last week's big 20 miler, this week was a piece of cake. I have now entered what is known as "the taper" in the running world - or at least, the training-for-a-marathon world. Not the zoo kind of tapir (of which I have a tattoo), but taper as in less than before. The distance that I will now run each week will be less than the week before in order to give my body time to recover before the marathon.
I had a 50 minute run to start the week and I'm not sure why, but I did run slower than normal. Eh, what can you do? Not every run is the same. I biked for 30 minutes on Tuesday and sprinted on the treadmill on Wednesday - 7:30 per mile for 20 minutes. That's the fastest I've run for the longest period of time in years. It took some mental fortitude to push through it, but I did. I had to go in on my day off to help clean the hippo pool (scuba time!) and I got up early to get a 10 mile run in before the heat got too hot. ;o) All in all, a good week, but I'm ready for the race to be here already!
After last week's big 20 miler, this week was a piece of cake. I have now entered what is known as "the taper" in the running world - or at least, the training-for-a-marathon world. Not the zoo kind of tapir (of which I have a tattoo), but taper as in less than before. The distance that I will now run each week will be less than the week before in order to give my body time to recover before the marathon.
I had a 50 minute run to start the week and I'm not sure why, but I did run slower than normal. Eh, what can you do? Not every run is the same. I biked for 30 minutes on Tuesday and sprinted on the treadmill on Wednesday - 7:30 per mile for 20 minutes. That's the fastest I've run for the longest period of time in years. It took some mental fortitude to push through it, but I did. I had to go in on my day off to help clean the hippo pool (scuba time!) and I got up early to get a 10 mile run in before the heat got too hot. ;o) All in all, a good week, but I'm ready for the race to be here already!
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