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Not feeling so cocky.

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I only ran five miles instead of six and I did it at the gym going 4 mph pretty much the entire time.  It is raining cats and dogs and it was pitch black when I left the house.  I started my period last night and my lower back aches something fierce.  I'm tired.  I feel really bad.  But I went.  That's what I've got to give today.

that was a nice long run.

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10.46 miles in 2:13. ave: 4.77 mph

 

for every other run in Fremont I have stayed on the flat side. but I live near the bottom of a noticeable hill (ok not Santa Cruz mts noticeable) but way the heck more than I have been doing. I maintained 4.99 mph as my average for the first 5 miles then I started getting tired.

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I am running this week…

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On Monday I walked 4.5 miles with a friend while he dumped the contents of his soul on me.  I didn't worry about speed.

On Wednesday I ran 5.11 miles in 1:05.  average: 4.7mph

On Thursday I ran 4.12 miles in 53 minutes.  average: 4.61 mph

My heart is very heavy this week.  I'm angry and frustrated.  I spent most of my running time cussing and venting my anger and frustration.  It makes me slow.  I notice that I run a lot faster on days when I have a lighter heart.  There are a bunch of things supposedly coming to a head in six days.  I'm apprehensive and frustrated.  I'm also very tired of lying.  

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9.48 mils in 1:51 Ave: 5.12 mph

The longer I live in Fremont the more I learn to love it here.  I am really glad that I am learning to run here.  Fremont isn't the kind of town that slaps you in the face with beauty.  It is slow to show its better side.  You don't see it until you spend an hour running around the lake watching the slow change in color over the lake.  You don't see it until you have the privilege of running past all the beautiful trees.

Running reminds me that I am alive and they are not.  Running through the willow trees reminds me that I can survive anything.  I already have.

I really need a new icon.

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4.26 miles at an average speed of 5.01 mph. took 51 minutes.

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There is a half marathon the last weekend in March in Oakland.  I think I am going to go for it.  I would have to consider last week "week 2".  It pretty much jives with the training schedule, so why not?  Eek.

And: I walked 4.5 miles on the 26th, but I didn't "run".

I feel like I should be tracking the running…

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Today I did 3.37 miles on the treadmill.  According to my rough scheduling I only need to do 3 miles today but Born This Way came on right at the 3 mile mark and that song is good to sprint to.  I alternated between going 3-3.5/mph and sprints of faster for a minute each.  I can't sprint for much longer than a minute yet.  Most of my sprints were at 6mph but during the last song I did sprints at 7mph and 8mph.  When I'm running at 8mph I have to flap my hands to deal with all the energy in my body.  I feel like I am flying.  I felt like my entire body wanted to keep running like that forever, only my heart would explode.  Only my weak heart is holding me back from being able to fly.

Normally I don't know how fast I am going because I think if you are going to run a marathon outside you need to train outside.  I wussed out today and went to the gym because it is cold and raining.  I figured that was better than not running at all.  

Because I was playing around with incline and I did a lot of walking I was on the treadmill for 50 minutes.  I really wasn't going all that fast, but it was fun to experiment with different strides and see what different speeds really feel like.  The machine told me I burned 385 calories.  I just came home and ate and drank that back again.

I weigh 154 lbs.  My waist is 32.5".  That's 6" smaller than it was a year ago.  My bust is 38" and my hips are 41".  I should start doing nekkid pictures once a month like when I was pregnant.  Bodies are hella weird.