AKA one more funny search term. I love using these because I don’t have to come up with something on my own. YAY laziness. And you should google image “Drunk Pumpkin”. Seriously.
The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.
Muhammad Ali, former American boxer and three-time World Heavyweight Champion
This quote certainly does not speak to laziness though. Nor did my run this morning. But first the rest of the weekend?
Saturday friend came to visit and we did go for a 4 miler and I had done some core before leaving (of which I am STILL sore. Note to self: taking 6 weeks off of core work is not a good idea. And I must have been really using my arms to help me during my track workout because they are sore too). It was nice and not to fast but not to slow. And it was nice and sunny out. A beautiful fall day. Later we went out that night to a sports place that I had been dying to go to. The best part of being in a new city is that you get to explore places. There are still so many places that I want to go to!
It’s nice to get all dolled up too. Don’t get me wrong: I love my jeans and a t-shirt but putting on a fancy dress is amazing too
We stayed out wayyyyyy late and I had to call the person I was going to go running with when my alarm went off the next morning to see if we could push our running plans from 0900 to later that afternoon. But we ended up just rescheduling them. Which is just as well because I had some errands to run and a good book to catch up with. And the weather was cloudy and blahhh. A perfect day for some tea and a warm blanket.
Since I got so little sleep on Saturday I went to bed embarrassingly early Sunday night. And man I slept HARD. I think the fact that it was rainy out and extremely cool and NOT humid helped a lot. It was still a shock when my alarm went off this morning at 0530 though. I definitely did not wake up feeling refreshed at all. I’m thinking that when I get off work today that I’m going to have to at least TRY and nap.
But my run did not reflect that in the slightest. In the back of my mind I thought that my body would do a forced recovery day like they did after the hills of last week. Mostly because my body is SORE at the moment. I think I can feel every single muscle in my body. For real. Not 100% sure why but I’m guessing it’s the combo of no core work in 6 weeks + hard track workout + being out really late Saturday + inactivity on Sunday. I’m leaning toward my Saturday night because it’s the one thing that was out of normal. But who knows. It’s interesting because I wasn’t that sore yesterday. Maybe I shouldn’t have taken that rest day 😉
But the run ended up being SO not recovery.
- 1st loop: 4.1 @ 8:09
- 2nd loop: 4.1 @ 8:00
- 3rd loop: 4.1 @ 7:56
- Total: 12.3 @ 8:02
Definitely a very surprising run indeed. It kind of came out of left field. Even though it felt good and fast and ON during it. It’s like all the stars were aligned. And maybe they were because it was 0530 and dark.

Yay google images
And yes, all three loops were my path loop. It wasn’t really all that boring and I did it that way because I felt safer.
The weather was pretty nice for running too: 52*, 90% humidity, some rain. Luckily the rain was only drizzle, with the exception of a 5 minute spurt, and it wasn’t raining when I stepped out the door. Given how my eyes were stinging from lack of sleep I might have just gone back inside! Especially since the temperature felt sooooo cold. It was 20* warmer on Friday for my run!
But it wasn’t as cold as one of the guys on the path thought it was: he was in SNOW PANTS and SKI GLOVES. I thought I was overdressed in a long sleeve and shorts hahah! I mean, I do wear ski gloves in winter but it’s definitely nowhere near cold enough yet. And hopefully it won’t be any time in the near future.
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In the near future, however, I intend on doing a tune-up speed workout either tomorrow or Wednesday. I’m thinking that I’ll have to head back to the track again as I know that once I’m actually there I’ll go fast. There’s just too much doubt when I do something on the roads. But we’ll see. I guess it depends on how sore my body is in the morning (I still cannot get over how sore I am!). Any type of speed work this week would likely just be mental as the race is on MONDAY. Exciting.
Until then I have to get through some work. The rainy weather + sleepiness + sore body = me not wanting to move. Luckily the work I have today is to start (and hopefully get a lot of work done on) the monthly report. AKA sit at my desk. My body could probably use movement to not stiffen up but I’m being lazy. Don’t judge 🙂