Thursday - got up at 4:30am and put in a solid 60min recovery run with Leslie. Took a slightly hillier route than usual and it felt pretty good. Then we did 4 strides which felt really good. Legs a little tight so did a cool bath with what little ice I had in the freezer and epsom salts. Went to my favorite Mexican place in Manor and had some chicken tortilla soup. Otherwise a generally unpproductive day except for the nap I took in the afternoon.
Friday - got up at 5:30 and got to Barton Springs at 6:30. Ran 10 miles (1/2 on the trail, 1/2 downtown) and felt great. Nothing for the record books - solid 9 min/mile pace. Sometimes I think I am too slow but when I look at y'alls posts, I think I'm doing OK. I'm still focusing on a gradual build up so I still feel fresh come fall. Had a wonderful 30 min soak in Barton Springs. We are so lucky to have such a great post run in Austin! Treated my self to breakfast at Magnolia Cafe, blew off my errands and went home and took a nap. Two unproductive days in a row! Oh well.
Sat through Monday - no running just rode my horse a couple of times.
Read everyone's posts. Interesting stuff about the diets. I think my biggest problem is that I don't eat enough at my main meals so an hour or so later I'm hungry and the snacking begins. If I'm at home I snack on fruit and other good things. If I'm at work...well let's just say I don't make the best choices. So I need to come up with something to eat at around 1 -2 am that will fill me up and be satisfied. Has to be fast because often I eat between inmates. Also, my only means of cooking is a microwave and half ass toaster. Any suggestions out there??
My horse seemed a little unenthusiastic when I rode today so I cut the ride short. Hard to tell if he has a sore hind leg, feels bad from a weeks worth of antibiotics or the usual...needs to poop but won't go while I ride him. I can usually identify what my problem is when I am dragging...hard to tell with the horse since he can't talk and isn't limping!
Looking at doing my fartlek run again tonight, not going to kill myself at the Wednesday night race, easy run on Thurs and plan for 12 on Friday AM.
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