11-11-13 Back on track

Tonight was a good run. My patient wife road her bike with me in the dark as I ran. She sang girls camp songs as she road until she ran out. Whenever she starts singing those it brings a smile to my face because I can see how much fun is associated with those songs. She had a head lamp on her helmet and was acting as the primary light source for us as I ran and she road. Every time she stopped for a few moments, I got ahead of her. She then road to catch up and said,"You're so fast!" I smile and say thank you and pretend I am for a moment. It was really encouraging and I liked hearing her say that. She is a constant source of encouragement for me. I don't know what I would do without her.

The run itself was a good run. A little slower than I would have liked, but after my week last week it was an absolute victory. I feel really good post run, and worked on my form as I ran. Again my IT band started to bother me, but I corrected my form and the pain just goes away. I need to keep practicing so this IT band issue will stay gone.

My goal is to head out and do 5 miles tomorrow morning and the 3 miles tomorrow night with some speed drills.

Thanks For Reading,
Riley

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No Run Today

Today was impacted by a late night last night and no baby sitter this morning. So I didn't make it out to run. I will be doing a 4 run week next week to make up for it. So run Monday, Tuesday, Strength training Wednesday, run Thursday, and run Saturday. Thanks for reading. -Riley

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Today was one of those runs that I needed to de-junk my brain. The junk builds up almost always when I have a critique at school that doesn't go in the slightest bit favorable. I am frustrated with my art right now. And having a marathon this Saturday doesn't bode well for time. Next week I have 3 big assignments due... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Well onto my run recap. It was really short. I counted my cadence, which is around 160 at my long distance running speed. Apparently the ideal is 180. The ideal meaning that the body runs at that speed the best (or something like that). I figured it out by counting the strikes of my right foot over a minute. When I pushed myself to 180 I was going at the pace I did for my run last Thursday. It took the run today to get my head in order. I will be able to keep things in order upstairs a little better. Well thanks for reading, -Riley

More in the Tank

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