Long Road to Ruin

Today was a very hectic day at work. Just a knock out, drag out, couldn't do a darn thing write right kind of day. I was happy for the appointment at 2 so I could get out of the office for a minute. Thursdays are always crazy. Working 12+ hrs yesterday didn't help either.

That said I didn't post yesterday due to the long day at work so here it goes.

Workout
Rob had me doing 8 miles at an easy and comfortable pace. On days like this I try to just put my watch on and ignore it, until I have to start calculating distance. I felt really good during this workout. One thing about getting up this early to run is that I simply cannot get food in me before I run. I have to eat after otherwise things don't go well...you get the point; it's either up or out, no matter the timing or amount of fluids I drink. Which means most of my runs are built on last nights dinner or if I remember in the morning fog to grab a gel, I at least have something to work with.


SNAP! I figured out how to embed! POW

I was able to push it in that last mile. I was definitely feeling Tuesday's Tempo workout in the legs by the end of this.

Workout
Today's workout was nothing short of draining. After working for 12+hrs I was mentally and physically drained and thinking of doing anything under 7:00 pace left me feeling a bit overwhelmed. When I read the schedule the night before and I had to go under 6:00; I was ready to chalk today up to recovery.

1mi w/u
2x2.5mi @ 5:55 or better pace
1 mi c/d

This normally wouldn't be a big deal for me but, I've really been putting the hurt on today, and I had to turn on the beast mode and make things work. Had I not used the treadmill I would have been in a different world of hurt and probably wouldn't have kept me pushing through those road bumps. It's an amazing thing to push through those little mental bumps. It doesn't compare to those draining 20+mi. I'm ready to be done but, I have this huge climb in front of me kind of issues. It's those, I am really hurting and I just want to slow down a little bit. It'll make my legs feel better, I know it will! (it doesn't!) I had to say to myself "SHUT UP LEGS" and keep pushing through. This gave me strength, it gave me a push, and the confidence to keep going. I kept counting down the time and breaking it into actual times and distance. "9 minutes left, you can do anything for 9 minutes", ".5 mile left, that's just 2 laps". These are the games I play to keep going, and soon enough it's done.

I was even able to put a little stink in that last mile the workout looked like this.

1 up 6:49
2.5 (5:58, 5:54, 2:57 (5:54 pace))
2.5 (5:55, 5:49, (2:50(5:40 pace))
1 down 6:55

I had to take my car in for LOF and a mysterious front end clunk, so I rode home and snagged a ride around the lake too. My mom also got me a present. She got me my 2012 Martian Marathon photo's, which was my first big win.
It's time for bed.