Run Lola Run

Home Run...

Well, here are the stats from my runs back home:
Friday—tempo run
Run time: 1:08:55
Average total pace: 10:10
Calories: 933
I was supposed to do a 1 mile warm-up, 2 miles at 9:18 (no walk breaks!), 1 mile easy (at about 10:15), 2 miles at 9:18 (no walk breaks!), and a one mile cool down. Since I didn’t do walk breaks, I didn’t set the Garmin for intervals, so my stats are a little skewed. I don’t know for sure if I hit the 9:18 on the 2 tempo laps, but I think I got pretty close.

Sunday--long run:
Run time: 1:03:39
Run distance: 6.5 miles
Average run pace: 9:52
Best pace: 8:09
Calories: 884
Rest time: 6:00
Rest dist: 0.50 mi
Total time: 1:09:39
Total distance: 7.0 miles

Long run, with a 9:48 pace goal. I was close. I ran the first 3.5 miles into the wind, and that was very rough. Of course, coming home was a breeze. Pun intended.

I was thinking today that I need to start doing more serious cross-training, like cycling. So, I hopped on the stationary bicycle in our little workout room for a quick spin tonight. YUCK! I think I made it about 3 minutes. I’m not used to riding upright and on big padded seats—it actually hurt to sit on that huge, cushy seats. So, I gave up, and did some yoga instead. And that yoga was plenty of a workout. I will introduce the cross-training more seriously, but I think I’ll wait until I can bike outside.

posted by Lola @ 6:35 PM