Technically according to my program today is supposed to be an off day, a day of rest as they say. But that doesn't play nice with my work schedule this week. I was supposed to have 8 miles scheduled for Saturday this week but I am also scheduled to work for 12 hours. It's hard enough for me to run 3 or 4 miles on days like that let alone 8. By process of elimination Wednesday became long run day.
My original plan was to run outside, but overnight we received a light dusting of snow, ice, rain and sleet. So it it a bit treacherous on the side roads and sidewalks today. I was relegated to pounding out those miles on the treadmill. Lucky for my I have been stockpiling shows on the DVR that the wife doesn't also enjoy so I had some viewing to catch up on.
8 relatively uneventful pain free miles. 1:03:30. This was supposed to be an easy run (same as yesterday...it should feel "easy"), I set the treadmill at 8:00 miles and started running. Around mile 5 or 6 I started to get really bored by mile 7 I felt like I was just slogging along. I decided to try to pick up the pace and finish a bit faster so I bumped the treadmill down to 7:30 miles and finished strong.
I was sweating like a champ, feeling really good, and am definitely over my weekly average miles now. One more run this week then I will be resting a few days this week and recovering.
Happy Running
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