I'm not dead, I promise. I've been trying to reach a happy place with my running. I've been slowly building my mileage back up; Tuesday I had a 4 mile run at an average pace of about 12:17 per mile, which isn't bad. But I still haven't been able to get back up to the 5.5 mile high I was at a few weeks ago. I am just learning that every now and then you have to pull back to move forward. Patience is key! I did take time out last Friday to get my first massage ever, which was amazing. I felt really sore the next day but it was worth it. Evidently my calves were solid knots; I've got to work on my stretching. I've been using my Range Roller more and trying to dedicate at least a few minutes after each run to work the kinks out. I'd like to try to get massages bi-weekly though because it really was worth it.
I have an 8k race this weekend so I haven't run since the 4 miles on Tuesday. I'm hoping I can do it -- this will be the first race my boyfriend has come to, so I'd really like to finish strong and not drag myself across the finish line. With 4 miles in one go under my belt for this week, I know I can do it. I would just like to do it well. I'm shooting for an hour as my time; I finished 4 miles in about 49:10 so I don't think that's too unreasonable. Hopefully adrenaline will kick in and I'll finish even faster. The first third of a mile is supposedly uphill; we'll see how that goes!
Tomorrow is "easy jog" day heading into the race on Sunday. It's supposed to be super cold all weekend, with snow showers tomorrow afternoon and evening. Sunday has a high of 39, so it should be in the high 20s when I run my race that morning. Hooray! At least I have my new CW-X tights to try out, hopefully they will keep me warm. I was going to get another sparkle skirt in pink since the theme for this race is Valentine's Day (it's the Sweetheart 8k after all) but I decided I was cutesy last time. This time, it's serious ninja business! Race report coming soon; and also a review of my cool new tights!
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