1/2 Marathon Training: Week 1, Run 3
Today's 3-mile run was fueled by pure aggravation! Apparently this makes me run fast, because I did it with an average pace of 11:05-minute miles, which is very speedy for the likes of me.
How do I know my average pace? Well, that would be thanks to my new Garmin watch ... one of my triathlon gal pals highly recommended it, and Linda has it, too, so I took the plunge. I have no earthly idea how to work most of the features, but the very basic ones (time, distance, pace) seem doable enough for now.
I was aggravated because I spent two hours today driving to and from a very cool sounding estate sale that apparently did not exist ... I carefully followed the explicit directions, and I arrived at what can only be described as a shack/junkyard, where four muddy, barefoot children confirmed that the address listed in the ad was their house. "There ain't no sale here," they assured me. "But let's check with Maw Maw." Maw Maw confirmed: no sale. I'm not sure what happened, but it was kind of a pain. Oh well! At least I had some good tunes to keep me company on the way to the country and back. I consoled myself by stopping at a neighborhood garage sale and buying myself a fake orchid and a fake gold necklace.
I think I also went a little faster today because I was being dragged by Zuko. I ran with him a lot over the summer as part of Project Exhaustion to get him over his OCD leg licking, and it totally worked. However, I haven't taken him out in a good while, and I noted the other day that he's started again, this time on the top of his paw. I was a little worried that it would hurt him to run on it, but he seemed as jazzed and spastic as always and totally unfazed. I have no idea if I'll keep taking him running with me, but I enjoyed it today, even when he'd try to pull my arm out of socket when chasing a flock of ducks into the lake or a squirrel up a tree. The sky was totally sunny and cloudless and beautiful, and I definitely got tired -- shins and calves, mostly, as usual, but it felt good.
Meanwhile, I think another friend might be training for the race ... this makes me very happy.
Today's Best Running Song: Dying Day by Brandi Carlile.
How do I know my average pace? Well, that would be thanks to my new Garmin watch ... one of my triathlon gal pals highly recommended it, and Linda has it, too, so I took the plunge. I have no earthly idea how to work most of the features, but the very basic ones (time, distance, pace) seem doable enough for now.
I was aggravated because I spent two hours today driving to and from a very cool sounding estate sale that apparently did not exist ... I carefully followed the explicit directions, and I arrived at what can only be described as a shack/junkyard, where four muddy, barefoot children confirmed that the address listed in the ad was their house. "There ain't no sale here," they assured me. "But let's check with Maw Maw." Maw Maw confirmed: no sale. I'm not sure what happened, but it was kind of a pain. Oh well! At least I had some good tunes to keep me company on the way to the country and back. I consoled myself by stopping at a neighborhood garage sale and buying myself a fake orchid and a fake gold necklace.
I think I also went a little faster today because I was being dragged by Zuko. I ran with him a lot over the summer as part of Project Exhaustion to get him over his OCD leg licking, and it totally worked. However, I haven't taken him out in a good while, and I noted the other day that he's started again, this time on the top of his paw. I was a little worried that it would hurt him to run on it, but he seemed as jazzed and spastic as always and totally unfazed. I have no idea if I'll keep taking him running with me, but I enjoyed it today, even when he'd try to pull my arm out of socket when chasing a flock of ducks into the lake or a squirrel up a tree. The sky was totally sunny and cloudless and beautiful, and I definitely got tired -- shins and calves, mostly, as usual, but it felt good.
Meanwhile, I think another friend might be training for the race ... this makes me very happy.
Today's Best Running Song: Dying Day by Brandi Carlile.
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