Memorial Day Weekend

It's really windy out, so I decided to hit the gym again. It great running when you have a tail wind, but otherwise I kind of hate it. I got to minute 17 or 18, and I was totally in the zone (well, as in the zone as I can get) and then accidentally tapped the Stop button! It totally sucked. I gave myself another 13 minutes, so I would know I def ran 30 min, but I'm not totally sure how far I went. I was going 5.8 mph for most of the run, which is my usual 10.20 min mile, so probably I did 5K.

I tried doing Burpees before lifting, which I did before running -so I wouldn't feel like I needed to puke again. I did 10, five, then a pause and five more. I'm going to try to make them a regular part of my workout, working up to doing a minute of them. They suck, but they are good.

Forgot to Blog!

How could I? Well, I ran yesterday, but it wasn't the most memorable run. I went to the gym because its nasty out and ran on the treadmill. Snooze fest! And, not even a good run. I went 5.7 mph for much of it, then decided to try to bump it up to 6.0 mph. I think I didn't leave enough time between eating and running, because I really wanted to puke. The last 10 min I had to slow it down. I still went 2.6 miles in the 30 min, and 3.11 in 35 min, but it was a rather painful ending.

Then I lifted weights. Yuck.

Sea World All Over Again

For some reason I thought it would be a good idea to go for a long run on one days rest when it's 86 degrees out. BAD idea. I made it about 1.67 miles in about 22 minutes, which is my regular pace. But then I completely overheated and had to start walking at mile 2. I wound up running for 31 minutes, and went about 3.47 miles, but I walked about 3/4 of a mile of it, and when I got home my entire face was a blotchy red mess. I drank a big thing of coconut water and took a cool bath, and now I'm good. I wonder if it was the 86 degrees, or if it was just that I'm not used to the hot weather?  I'm so ready for a nap now!

New Section of the Charles

I went for the first SUP of the season! I had forgotten how nice it is on the Charles. I went from the Boston site, up the river to Harvard Square and back. The weather was perfect. After I went for a run on the Charles, down by the the Canoe and Kayak place. Free parking - yay! I thought I had mapped out the distance and it was like 4 miles that I was going to run, but when I finished I had only been running for 27 minutes, so I knew that was off.  I went to the Anderson Foot Bridge and back. I ran kind of slow because I thought it was going to be a longer run. It felt great! I think it was like a 10.40 minute mile. I felt like I could have kept going for longer, but then I was back at my car, and I was kind of hungry, and I had done my 30 min, and paddle boarded...  Next time I'll try adding another bridge.

There were so many geese with their little babies, and the fish were spawning. I even saw one goose who had built a nest under a bridge hanging out, and I could see the eggs!  I was a little worried that they would roll into the river, but the goose seemed ok with everything.

Retreat!

We had a work retreat today. It was really a faculty retreat but my office had to go as well because apparently we have nothing else to do. It was so painful, and there wasn't even booze at the end! By the end my entire body felt like a wet blanket. The weather isn't that nice and I was going to use it as an excuse to not run, but then I decided that I ran outside in Dec, so that wouldn't fly.

I'm going to yoga soon, so I did do a shorter loop, 2.87 miles which I did in less than 30 min.  That's some form of 10 min mile. I had my pedometer on, so I don't know secs. That is a little pedometer flaw. It felt really slow when I was running, but I think it was my usual pace.

I'm out of quarters and out of yoga clothes! But I'll figure something out. Gotta zen out, and my favorite yoga instructor is moving to FL, so gotta go while I can. Very sad, how can he do that to me?? :)

Charles again

Stopped on the way home from work to run again. It's taking a lot of my quarters, I need to find a free parking spot. I ran 3.16 miles in 33+ minutes (just had the pedometer so I don't know seconds.) I did stop at minute #5 to use the bathroom at ABP, but I decided that was justified/allowed. I thought that by making the route that I did last time into a loop it would be longer for some reason, but it wasn't. I felt like I was going a little slow, but that's probably just because there were cheetahs everywhere.

I think maybe the street I parked on is in front of MIT police, so i decided not to do any illegal moves. I'm such a goody goody!

Charles in the Spring (with sunscreen in my eyes)

Beautiful day out today. I brought a change of clothes to work so I could stop on the way home and run. I parked near MIT and did my Charles River route, with a prologue and a post-script (getting to and from the water.) Good run today, a little slow, but 3.75 miles, so that's acceptable.  I did the whole thing in about 39 minutes. That's according to the pedometer. I decided that I wanted to get an even 40 minutes, and had to do kind of a lot of short spirts to get there.

Of course, putting on sun screen I got it in my eyes, and then they were all watery for the whole run, so I looked like a dork.

As I was leaving in my car, doing a U-ey to go in the correct direction, this MIT bike cop yelled at me that "that's a bad idea and illegal!" I replied something like "oh, yeah, sorry." But on the inside I was thinking "poor MIT cop, can't even give me a traffic ticket." Also, "ahh, so that is illegal." Drivers Ed was a long time ago.