One more time Thursday

Mother Nature is giving it one last try around here.  I thought it looked like a beautiful snow globe from my window.  No matter that runners were wearing shorts outside yesterday (not me, but I did brave the “cold” 50 degrees with some capris!), now it’s at least 20 degrees colder.

Some more awesomeness  was happening around my house today… I did a superb job on my strides today!  At the last minute I looked up my last paces at strides (thanks to that search field on my blog!) and I decided to crank it up a bit.  First round was a pace of 7:30 and for each fast sprint I went up .2 on the treadmill speed.  That had me finishing at a pace of  6:15!  Pretty darn great for me!  I wasn’t sure my little legs were going to keep up with it.  But those runs are fun because the sprint distance is only a tenth of a mile, so it’s very do-able to sprint so fast.  Big feeling of accomplishment.  We’ll see tomorrow if it was a good idea because I did get a little bit of sore legs sitting around at work in the afternoon.

I think my month of workouts is filling out quite nice!

And of course the bestest thing happening around my house tonight is that it’s “pizza and beer carb loading date night”.  Time to catch up with my honey and fuel up for that last 20 miler that I’m running tomorrow.  That will be my 4th 20 mile run I’ve done on this training cycle.  I’m taking it easy, and going to do some wandering in the woods.  Making sure I remember that it’s a privilege 1) to be able to run 2) to have a day off to run, and 3) to be heading to Boston soon 🙂  Counting my blessings.

Oh, and being so thankful I kicked that sore throat to the curb.  I think the Snickers bar did the trick!

Q: Favorite pizza toppings?

A: Bacon, tomatoes, mushrooms, pepperoni are some of my favorites.

Q: Is the snow all gone where you live (if it’s winter!)?

Q: What fitness gadget do you wish would show up for free at your house??