Restored in a Thursday run

RUN: 6.6 miles in 57 mins, 8:38m/m pace and ave bpm in the low 140s.
BIKE: 21 miles in 75 mins, 6x4min "hard"

I woke up still super fatigued. It was a struggle to climb the stairs. Yet I wanted to run, knowing that sticking to my schedule was the best thing for me. So up and out the door I went.

At the park, I didn't even go through a warm-up routine. I just stood there. As we started out, it took only 1 min or so before that heavy leg, quicksand, mud feeling set in. I thought for sure I'd just drop off the back of the pack.

But as the miles continued I felt better! By the end I didn't have any oomph for speed and I certainly had no finishing kick, but I did finish steady. I was honestly surprised to see that out ave pace was 8:38!!  LC and JF ran with me, the miles pass by so quick with them :)

After the run, I felt better than I did before hand! Like blowing the carbon off the plugs! Or blowing the IronFuzz out of the lint-trap of a brain I have right now.

The bike was particularly uninspired. I went "harder" on the intervals but I certainly didn't go "hard". I did what I could. I noticed today on the bike that I was more focused on time than on my overall goal. When this Redman thing started, I was really focused on the overall goal of a 12:30 type of race. The numbers would be in my head as I SBR'd through July and August. But I found today that my mind could only consider how many minutes were remaining in the 4 min intervals. It wasn't until later at the last interval that I remember to thing about 112 and 6hrs instead of 4 mins.

And I didn't commute in to work today. And as luck would have it, the parking garage is under some construction so since I came in late to work I'm parked on the 6th floor. And I'm too stubborn to take the elevator......

16 days to go! Nothing major to do, except decide which running shoes I'm going to wear. My older Adrenalines have 250+ miles, my new ones have <150 a="a" but="but" comfy="comfy" don="don" fit="fit" have="have" miles="miles" new="new" ones="ones" orthotic="orthotic" p="p" still="still" t="t" the="the" yet="yet">